Caption

View of the Foro Civile at Pompeii, Pompeii: panorama of the foro dal tempio di Giove, photograph, page, c. 1878 - in or before 1888, photographer, paper, albumen print, height 104 mm x width 153 mm, market, landscape with ruins, Foro Civile, A sepia-toned photograph shows an ancient open area with rows of weathered stone columns and ruins. In the foreground there are tall fluted columns and rectangular stone bases, some broken and partly eroded. A wide paved walkway leads toward a central open plaza where a few short column stumps stand on square platforms. Low stone walls and fragmentary structures flank the plaza, and beyond them a distant horizontal line of additional ruined buildings and foundations is visible under a pale sky. The image has uneven staining and spotting across the surface and a faded border around the edges.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A79_317

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38.2Mb (7.2Mb) / 15.0in x 9.9in / 4489 x 2973 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Foro Civile Pompeii panorama foro dal tempio di Giove photograph page c 1878 - 1888 photographer paper albumen print height 104 mm x width 153 mm market landscape ruins sepia-toned photograph ancient open area rows weathered stone columns foreground tall fluted columns rectangular stone bases broken partly eroded wide paved walkway leads central open plaza short column stumps stand square platforms Low stone walls fragmentary structures flank plaza beyond them distant horizontal line additional ruined buildings foundations visible under pale sky image uneven staining spotting across surface faded border edges