Sculpture - View on the right side of the Court-yard of the Palazzo de' Conservatori on the Capitol, shewing fragments of colossal Statues

Taken between 1864 and 1879, the picture employs the wet‑plate collodion process common to mid‑nineteenth‑century documentary photography. The photographer frames the scene with a balanced perspective, allowing the architectural elements and the scattered fragments to occupy equal visual weight, while the depth of field keeps both the wall and the debris in clear focus.

The photograph forms part of a systematic survey of Rome’s classical and later monuments organized by John Henry Parker. Contributed by a range of photographers, the series was published in Parker’s *Archaeology of Rome*. The Victoria and Albert Museum acquired a substantial portion of these pre‑1870 images, including this view of the Palazzo dei Conservatori courtyard.

The courtyard once served as a ceremonial space for the ancient Roman Senate and later housed the civic museum of the Capitoline. The fragments displayed are remnants of colossal statues that once adorned the area, reflecting the layered history of the site—from Republican antiquity through Renaissance restoration to nineteenth‑century archaeological interest.