Caption

Pompeii: via dei Sepolcri, Via dei Sepolcri in Pompeii, photograph, page, number: '99.', c. 1878 - in or before 1888, photographer, paper, albumen print, height 101 mm x width 153 mm, public road, ruin of a building, architecture, grave, tomb, A sepia-toned view of an ancient street flanked by low stone walls and ruined structures, with rectangular stone tombs and raised platforms lining one side and carved facades and masonry remains on the other, a narrow paved roadway running between them, tall cypress trees rising above the ruins and a row of slender trees on a ridge in the background, distant hazy hills beyond, and uneven ground and scattered stones in the foreground.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A79_314

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Keywords

Pompeii via dei Sepolcri Via dei Sepolcri photograph page number 99 c 1878 - 1888 photographer paper albumen print height 101 mm x width 153 mm public road ruin building architecture grave tomb sepia-toned view ancient street flanked low stone walls ruined structures rectangular stone tombs raised platforms lining side carved facades masonry remains narrow paved roadway running them tall cypress trees rising ruins row slender trees ridge background distant hazy hills beyond uneven ground scattered stones foreground