Interior of the Colosseum, Rome Thomas Cole (1801-1848) c.1832 Oil on canvas; 10″ x 18″ Albany Institute of History & Art Purchase. Evelyn newman Fund. 1964.71 [ Ex-Coll. Mrs. Florence Cole Vincent, granddaughter of the artist] Source.
“The plants which we have found growing upon the Colosseum … amount to no less a number than 420 species …” Richard Deakin, Flora of the Colosseum of Rome (1855).