Amstelodamum, No. 1
Sir Francis Seymour Haden British
Not on view
View of a city with lettering in the sky 'HIC TERMINUS HAERET'.
"Terminus or Terme was a Roman divinity thought to preside over landmarks (termini), which were held to be so sacred that it was considered a sacrilege to disturb or move them. His name was early associated with Jupiter, one of whose various attributes was reflected in the surname Jupiter Terminalis. Terminus was at first represented as a crude block of stone, later as a column surmounted by a human head.
State VI (H2). Additional work in the water and the sky. Oblique lines shade most of the letters of Amstelodamum."
[Source: Schneiderman, p. 121]
"Published States: Second.-Slight, additional work in the water and the sky, and the portion of the work to the right added in Trial (b), shaded with oblique lines. Later impressions are printed entirely in black ink, the earlier ones having the upper part of the plate in red."
[Source: Harrington, p. 22]
