Filippo Morghen
Engraved Italian antiquities and ruins
Filippo Morghen was an Italian printmaker and engraver, born in Florence but working in Naples from circa 1760. Much of his work comprised engravings of the antiquities of Italy, such as the ruined cities of Paestum and Herculaneum, showing their architecture, frescoes, statues and other art.
Artworks by this artist
- The Manner of Transporting Wares on Barges Drawn by a Bellows 1769
- Pumpkins Used as Dwellings to Be Secure against Wild Beasts 1769
- A House on Water, and a New Way to Summon Geese by the Beat of a Drum 1769
- A new device to cleave wild beasts from Head to Tail 1769
- A Boat That Has for Sails the Wings of a Huge Bird 1769
- A Pumpkin Used as a Fishing Boat 1769
- The Manner of sailing by the power of Bellows practiced on that Planet 1769
- The Carriages used on the Moon and which move by sails 1769
- Title and Dedication Page 1769
- A Savage mounted on a winged Serpent battling with a wild beast resembling a Porcupine 1769