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Filippo Morghen

19 works

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Engraving of a sail-powered carriage crossing a fantastical landscape with palm trees, elephants, and clouds.

Le Carozze che si usano nella Luna e che vanno alla vela (The Carriages used on the Moon and which move by sails)

1766

Engraving of ruined Doric temple interior with fluted columns, fallen stones, and small figures among the debris.

Veduta interiore del tempio esastilo ipetro dalla parte di settentrione (Interior View of the Hexastile Hypaethral Te…

1765

Engraved landscape of Lago d'Averno with hills, a castle across the water, ruins and figures in the foreground.

Gezicht op Lago d'Averno

1740

Engraved interior of a vaulted cave with stacked stone blocks and two figures pointing toward a bright opening.

[Grota Monte di Cuma]

1769

Etching of giant pumpkins used as houses among twisted trees, connected by walkways, with figures and a boat on water.

Pumpkins Used as Dwellings to Be Secure against Wild Beasts

about 1769

Etching of a hunter with a lever device above a spiny animal on a plank over a waterfall, with birds in the sky.

A new device to cleave wild beasts from Head to Tail

about 1769

Engraving of three ancient Doric temples at Paestum seen from the east, with figures, sheep and hills in the landscape.

Veduta laterale de' tre tempii dalla parte d'oriente (Side View of the Three Temples from the East), from Antichità d…

1765

Etching of a warrior riding a winged serpent with a spear, facing a spiny beast above waterfalls and palms.

A Savage mounted on a winged Serpent battling with a wild beast resembling a Porcupine

about 1769

Etching of a sailing ship with a sail and a barge towed by a smoking craft on water, with plants and birds in the foreground.

The Manner of Transporting Wares on Barges Drawn by a Bellows

about 1769

Etched title page with ornate rococo border, Italian text, and a scene of figures beside a strange wooden machine and a turtl

Title and Dedication Page

about 1769

Etching of an ornate canopied carriage with a large sail crossing a plain, with elephants, palms, and rococo rocks.

The Carriages used on the Moon and which move by sails

c. 1769

Etching of a bellows-powered boat with smoke and sail on calm water, with reeds, crabs and birds in the foreground.

The Manner of sailing by the power of Bellows practiced on that Planet

c. 1769

Etching of a floating house with a drummer leading geese along a plank walkway into water, with reeds and netting.

A House on Water, and a New Way to Summon Geese by the Beat of a Drum

about 1769

Etched print of a boat with huge bird-wing sails on a river, with a stilt house and tropical plants in the background.

A Boat That Has for Sails the Wings of a Huge Bird

about 1769

Etched print of a giant pumpkin fitted with a mast and sail, sailing on water with reeds and birds.

A Pumpkin Used as a Fishing Boat

about 1769

Engraved title plate and nine numbered prints of fantastical machines, boats and creatures in rococo landscapes.

Suite of the most notable things seen by John Wilkins erudite English Bishop during his famous voyage from the Earth…

about 1769

Etching of two views of a ruined stone gateway with arches, horsemen and a carriage, with Italian captions below.

Dedication Page, from Antichità di Pesto (Antiquities of Paestum)

1765

Etching of the ancient Doric temples of Paestum on a plain with hills and mountains behind, with lettered key below.

Veduta general degl' avanzi di Pesto dalla parte di mezzo giorno (General View of the Remains of Paestum from the Sou…

1765

Engraved view of a ruined Doric temple with tall fluted columns, figures, cattle and riders in a farm landscape.

Veduta del tempio esastilo perittero dalla parte di mezzo giorno (View of the Peripteral Hexastyle Temple from the So…

1765

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