Church of St. Andrew, plate eighteen from the Ruins of Rome c. 1796

This aquatint, "Church of St. Andrew," is one of eighteen plates from the series "Ruins of Rome" by M. Dubourg, a French-born artist who lived and worked in England. The series was published in 1796 and featured detailed depictions of the architectural remains of ancient Rome. Dubourg's meticulous attention to detail and use of aquatint, a technique that creates soft, tonal effects, make this print an excellent example of late 18th-century artistic style. The scene depicts the ruins of a church in a verdant landscape, a popular subject among Romanticism-influenced artists of the era.