"Porticus of Octavia, Rome" by Louis C. Rosenberg, (Amer.,1890-1983) Crayon Resist Melanson was a well known

Melanson was a well known Providence painter and printmaker who often worked from imagination

4 of 10 plus a few AP's

on cream wove similli vellum paper

signed in pencil by both James Smillie and by Asher B

9-3/8 x 11-3/4

"Porticus of Octavia, Rome" by Louis C. Rosenberg, (Amer.,1890-1983) Crayon Resist Melanson was a well knownLouis C. Rosenberg, Amer., (1890 1983), Porticus of Octavia, Rome, Etching and Drypoint, ca. 1928, Ed. of. 375, for the Brooklyn Society of Etchers, 6 5 8x 5, signed in pencil, on cream laid paper. The Portico of Octavia was constructed ca. 27 BC by Augustus and named for his sister. It still stands in the Circus Flaminius in Rome.