Landscape 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 a Roman landscape. In the foreground is a market scene, with stalls filled with various goods. In the background is a cityscape of houses and buildings dotted with cypress trees. The largest building is in the top left corner and features a triangular pediment and is topped by a sculpture or cupola. The sky in the background is black. The title of the print [Landscape Rome] is written in pencil on the bottom left corner with [a/p] written at the center. The print is signed [James L. Wells] on the bottom right corner, underneath the image.

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