Guida del Museo nazionale di Napoli e suoi principali monumenti illustrati
A guide to the Museo nazionale di Napoli, published in Naples around 1800 by the museum itself for visitors to its antiquities. The plates are fine line engravings of classical sculpture, vessels, ornaments and reliefs, drawn in pale grey outline on cream paper, several printed sideways. A designer might take their crisp contour drawing, plain framed plate layouts and the cherubs and drapery as a model for neoclassical linework.
