Hillside, Rome

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A linocut depicting buildings and ruins on a Roman hillside. To the left, buildings of various sizes and shapes are scattered in tiers along the hillside. Standing slightly apart from the other buildings to the right are four columns and a partial entablature, the remains of an ancient Roman structure. Above the hill is the sky with a few fluffy clouds. The title of the print [Hillside, Rome] is written in pencil on the bottom left corner with [a/p] written on the bottom center. The print is signed in pencil on the bottom right corner: [James L. Wells].

Catalog date

20th century

Recorded subjects

African American; Art

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