This is a pencil signed rare etching by American artist Joseph Pennell. The title written in the artists hand is The Monument from the Palatine, Rome,1911. This etching has an alternate titled of Old and New Rome, as what appears in the Wuerth catalog as image number 622. the image measures 12 1/4X9 1/4 inches. The edition is noted as 40. "The Palatine Hill, which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire". This etching is framed.
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