Caption

Strada Mercurio, View of the Strada Mercurio in Pompeii, Italy, Pompei, photograph, number: '1255.', collector's mark: 'VOSMAER', photographer: Giorgio Sommer, Pompeii, 1857 - 1875, Giorgio Sommer, photographer, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 315 mm x width 420 mm, street, ruin of a building, architecture, landscape with ruins, gate, entrance, A wide cobbled street stretches toward a large brick archway with rough, weathered surfaces and rectangular openings, flanked by high stone and plaster walls showing patches of wear and irregular edges; low stepped curbs and worn stone slabs line the foreground and a set of stone steps appears to the right, while on the left a uniformed man stands with hands on hips on a raised stone block; beyond the arch the street continues between rows of ruins and low buildings with tiled roof edges and uneven facades, and small stone markers sit near the base of the arch.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A76_187

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40.8Mb (9.0Mb) / 13.9in x 11.4in / 4162 x 3423 (300dpi)

Keywords

Strada Mercurio View Pompeii Italy Pompei photograph number 1255 collector's mark Vosmaer photographer Giorgio Sommer 1857 - 1875 pasteboard paper albumen print height 315 mm x width 420 mm street ruin building architecture landscape ruins gate entrance wide cobbled street stretches large brick archway rough weathered surfaces rectangular openings flanked high stone plaster walls showing patches wear irregular edges low stepped curbs worn stone slabs line foreground set stone steps right left uniformed man stands hands hips raised stone block beyond arch street continues rows low buildings tiled roof edges uneven facades small stone markers sit near base arch