Cooper Jnr, Richard (1740 – 1822) – Rome; ‘Part of St Peter’s Church’.

Rome; 'Part of St Peter's Church'. Pencil, pen and ink. Probably drawn wth an optical device like a Camera Obscura. c.1771-1775. Inscribed. Signed 'R. C: d Rom(e)' in pencil (LR). Laid paper. Provenance: 'The Cooper Album', a bound collection of landscape drawings by Cooper Jnr, probably compiled by a family member late in the artist's life, or perhaps soon after his death. 7x8 inches.