Italy: Rome: Temple of Vespasian (so-called Temple of Jupiter Tonans - Jupiter the Thunderer, actually the Temple of the Divine Vespasian),c. 1778

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Soane's architectural education: Royal Academy and Italy including measured drawings: 1770-1780
  - Soane in Italy: measured drawings made or copied, 1778-80

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Italy: Rome: Temple of Vespasian (so-called Temple of Jupiter Tonans - Jupiter the Thunderer, actually the Temple of the Divine Vespasian),c. 1778

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Contents of Italy: Rome: Temple of Vespasian (so-called Temple of Jupiter Tonans - Jupiter the Thunderer, actually the Temple of the Divine Vespasian),c. 1778

For a measured drawing of the entablature labelled Trabeazione del Tempio di Jove Tonante (so called Temple of Jupiter Tonans - Jupiter the Thunderer, actually the Temple of the Divine Vespasian) see Italy: Rome: Pantheon: drawing 8 (which shares the same drawing sheet, SM 45/5/9)

Little remains of the Temple of the Divine Vespasian except for 'three columns of the southeast corner of the pronaos that still stand and carry a part of the entablature'. (L.Richardson, jr, A New topographical dictionary of ancient Rome, Baltimore, 1992)