Description: CHARIOT RACE IN THE CIRCUS MAXIMUS Artist: ALEXANDER WAGNER _________________ A HIGH QUALITY ETCHING PRINTED IN THE 1880'S!! PERFECT FOR FRAMING AS AN ART PRINT FOR YOUR DEN !! VERY ANTIQUE & OLD WORLD LOOKING. ITEM(s) OVER 110 YEARS OLD!! Great prominence was given in ancient Rome to the sports of the arena and the circus. Every city of the Empire had buildings-some of them of vast dimensions-adapted to gladiatorial contests, chariot races, and to other public games. It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of these spectacles as a factor in the popular life of those times. In Rome, especially, a large and turbulent population required to be amused in order to be kept contented. Holidays and largesses, and games and shows, were multiplied, and the appetite for these thing's grew by what it fed on. These sports were superintended by the emperors themselves not seldom directing them in person. Some of the emperors indulged their passion for chariot racing to an excess grossly inconsistent with the dignity of the purple. Not content with patronizing and directing the races they must fain be charioteers and participate in the contests, though not always in the most public manner. Among the rulers who indulged such an ambitior were Nero, Domitian, Lucius Verus and Commodus-men, it must be confessed, whose characters add little lustre to the sport. The excitement of the multitudinous spectators reached the highest pitch in these contests. The various contestants had their distinctive colors, and each of these colors would have its supporters among the people so that circus factions arose. In republican times already two parties had been formed-the red and the white-each of which furnished two of the racing chariots. Under the Empire four additional parties arose viz., the green, the blue, the gold and the purple; though subsequently some of these were consolidated, the Eastern Empire the circus factions acquired a political character, and they figure in history as actors some bloody riots. In the earlier times the charioteers were free citizens; but later the occupation was left to freedmen and slaves who were trained at schools; these schools being thoroughly organized establishment whose proprietors let out both chariots and charioteers to the highest bidding of the parties of the circus Victorious charioteers received silver crowns, rich garments and money, and not seldom the most successful among them made large fortunes and became heads of establishments of their own. The two plates under the title to this article are in reality one picture, which is fully described under No. II. SIZE: Image size in inches is 8" x 11", overall page size is 10 1/2 " x 16 1/2". CONDITION: Condition is good. Nothing on reverse. Printed on thick, rag stock quality coated paper. SHIPPING: Buyers to pay shipping/handling, domestic orders receives priority mail, international orders receive regular mail. We pack properly to protect your item! An engraving is an intaglio process of printing, with the design to be produced is cut below the surface of the plate (made of copper, steel or wood), and the incised lines are filled with ink that is then transferred to paper. The portraits on our currency are good examples of engraved images. A Photogravure is an intaglio process in which the plate is produced photographically. Please note: the terms used in our auctions for engraving, heliogravure, lithograph, plate, line drawing, photogravure etc. are ALL images that have been printed on paper. GREAT GIFT FOR PAINTER, ARTIST, ART HISTORIAN, COLLECTOR! VERY REALISTIC, THREE DIMENSIONAL APPEARANCE!
Price: 39.99 USD
Location: New Providence, New Jersey
End Time: 2024-10-13T13:59:31.000Z
Shipping Cost: 9.95 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Material: Etching
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Subject: History
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Type: Print
