Drawings of Roman Mosaics in the Topham Collection, Eton College Library

Front cover
Title page
Copyright page
By the same author
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of drawings and prints
List of figures
Abbreviations
Preface
1. Introduction
	The drawings and prints of mosaics
	Previous studies
	Information given on the drawings and prints
	Assessing the drawings and prints
	Other collections
	Terminology
2. Richard Topham
	Topham’s family
	A possible elder brother
	The source of Topham’s wealth
	Education and political career
	A prominent local citizen
	Fellow collectors and friends
	Topham’s home and possessions
	The bequest to Eton College
3. Drawings by Francesco Bartoli of early discoveries of mosaics displayed in Rome
	Mosaics displayed in Santa Maria in Trastevere
		Harbour scene
		Waterfowl
	Mosaics displayed in the Massimi collection
		Victorious Charioteers
		Gladiatorial scenes
		Nilotic scenes
	The Mosaics of Santa Costanza
		Geometric mosaic with crosses and octagons
		Geometric mosaic with dolphins
		Figures and animals
		Vintaging scene
		Circles with busts
		Mosaic with foliage, birds and vessels
		Mosaic from the cupola
		Bacchic scene said to be from Santa Costanza
4. Drawings by Francesco Bartoli of mosaics discovered in and around Rome in Topham’s lifetime
	Mosaics from Vigna Moroni
		Pluto and Proserpina
		Pan and Eros
	Mosaics from the Aventine
		Elephant, bull, lion and camel
		Bull and bear
		Horseman and bulls
		Bestiarii on foot and bears
		Bestiarius on horse and bear
		Dancers and musicians
	Mosaic from Domine Quo Vadis
		Circus race
		Gladiatorial scenes
	Mosaics said to be from Hadrian’s Villa
		Bacchic figures
		Drunken Bacchus
		Seated woman with two figures
		Venus and Cupid
5. Drawings by Gaetano Piccini of mosaics discovered in Rome in Topham’s lifetime
	Mosaics found in Vigna Moroni
		Silenus reclining
		Diana
		Silenus riding leopard
		Pan and Eros
	Mosaics found in Vigna de RR. PP. Gesuiti de S. Stefano Rotondo
		Nilotic scene
		Centaur
	Mosaics found in Vigna de RR. PP. Gesuiti alla Navicella
		Nilotic scene
		Wader and snails
	Mosaics found in unspecified locations
		Sol
		Nilotic scene with animals
		Architectural scene (towers)
		Architectural scene (obelisk)
		Pan holding a syrinx
		Silenus riding ass
6. Miscellaneous drawings of mosaics from Italy
	Lion and leopard
	Rape of Europa, Palestrina
	Rape of Europe, Baths of Caracalla
	The Cavalieri mosaic
	Sir Andrew Fountaine’s relief
7. Drawings of Romano-British mosaics
	Geometric mosaic, Great Tew
	Birds, Caerleon
	Geometric mosaic, Nether Heyford
	Bacchus, Stonesfield
	The Great Pavement, Woodchester
	Geometric (?) mosaic, Chichester
8. Prints of mosaics
	Prints of mosaics from Rome and Palestrina
		Mosaic from the cupola of Santa Costanza
		The Nile Mosaic of Palestrina
		Marine mosaics found in Rome
			Nereids, Orto del Carciofolo
			Neptune and marine thiasos, de Marchis Vineyard
	Prints of mosaics from Vigna Moroni, Rome
		Dolphin, peacocks and griffins
		Pan and Eros
		Pluto and Proserpina
		Mosaic with decorative strip in floor
	Prints of Romano-British mosaics
		Bacchus, Stonesfield
		Geometric mosaic, Denton
9. Discussion
	Depicting the mosaics
		Format of the drawings
		Evoking tessellated surface or not
		Complete or fragmentary
		Indications of context
		Borders: presenting the drawings to best effect
	Subjects of the drawings and prints
	Artists, their sources and techniques
		Francesco Bartoli (1670-1733)
		Gaetano Piccini (1681-1736)
		Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692-1775)
		William Webb (active early eighteenth century)
		Richard Bradley (1688-1732)
		Sources
		Techniques
	Appreciating and evaluating the drawings
	Significance of the drawings: comparing other collections
	Topham’s approach to collecting
Catalogue
Bibliography
Appendix 1. Evidence for mosaic
Appendix 2. Monetary values
	Setting Topham’s wealth into context (National Archives Currency Converter figures in brackets)
	A note relating to the cost of the Stonesfield prints and their modern equivalents (using the National Archives Currency Converter)
Appendix 3. Other versions of the Bradley drawing of the Great Pavement at Woodchester
	Bodleian Library, Oxford, Gough Maps 9, 26B, c
	Bodleian Library, Oxford, Gough Maps 9, 26B, d
	Bodleian Library, Oxford, Gough Maps 43, no. 215
	British Library, Add. MS 5238.3 [Sloane]
	British Library, K. Top. XIII, 101b
	British Library, K. Top. XIII, 101c [Combe]
	Gloucestershire Archives, D1009, loose with page 23 [Gibson]
	Shropshire Archives, Maw & Co. 6001/5231, no. 526 [Maw]
	Society of Antiquaries of London, Harley Collection, Monuments, English Antiquities etc II, 18 [Harley]
	Drawing used as basis for Caylus 1756, 407-408, pl. CXXVI
Appendix 4. Drawings and prints of figured mosaics arranged by subject
Appendix 5. Artists
Appendix 6. Comparison with Holkham drawings
Appendix 7. Mosaics shown in drawings in Topham collection and in drawings in some other major collections
Appendix 8. Discovery dates
Index
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