Robert Macpherson (British, 1811-1872) Old Protestant Cemetery with Pyramid of Caius Cestius, the English Burying Ground and Tomb of Shelley, Rome, 1850s Albumen print 10-1/4 x 14-1/2 inches (26.0 x 36.8 cm) 14 x 19-3/4 inches (mount) Titled in ink on lower mount recto. Shelley loved the area and used it in his elegy for John Keats. He himself was buried near Keats in 1822. Shelley once said, "It could make one in love with death to think of being buried in so sweet a place." HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved