Relief on the Roman Forum in Rome, depicting Emperor Trajan destroying the tax documents, photograph, page, Roman Forum, c. 1863 - in or before 1873, photographer, Rome, paper, albumen print, height 100 mm x width 148 mm, official acts of rulers, eg royal acts (ruler giving audience, granting mercy, etc., ruler and his subjects), sculpture (relief, sculpture), taxes and financial administration, A sepia-toned photograph shows a long stone relief mounted on a low plinth against a dark background, depicting a procession of carved human figures in classical dress. The relief includes a column fragment at one end with decorative carving and a vertical vine motif, a row of standing and walking figures across the central section many holding rectangular objects, and a group of robed figures near the other end where architectural elements with columns and a pediment are visible. The carved figures vary in posture and gesture, some looking forward, others turned toward each other, and the surf...
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Relief on the Roman Forum in Rome, depicting Emperor Trajan destroying the tax documents, photograph, page, Roman Forum, c. 1863 - in or before 1873, photographer, Rome, paper, albumen print, height 100 mm x width 148 mm, official acts of rulers, eg royal acts (ruler giving audience, granting mercy, etc., ruler and his subjects), sculpture (relief, sculpture), taxes and financial administration, A sepia-toned photograph shows a long stone relief mounted on a low plinth against a dark background, depicting a procession of carved human figures in classical dress. The relief includes a column fragment at one end with decorative carving and a vertical vine motif, a row of standing and walking figures across the central section many holding rectangular objects, and a group of robed figures near the other end where architectural elements with columns and a pediment are visible. The carved figures vary in posture and gesture, some looking forward, others turned toward each other, and the surface shows wear and chipped edges. The scene rests on a smooth base with a textured foreground of stone blocks and a light border around the photograph.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A79_372

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Relief Roman Forum Rome depicting Emperor Trajan destroying tax documents photograph page c 1863 - 1873 photographer paper albumen print height 100 mm x width 148 mm official acts rulers eg royal acts ruler giving audience granting mercy etc subjects sculpture relief taxes financial administration sepia-toned photograph long stone relief mounted low plinth dark background depicting procession carved human figures classical dress relief includes column fragment decorative carving vertical vine motif row standing walking figures across central section holding rectangular objects group robed figures near architectural elements columns pediment visible carved figures vary posture gesture looking forward turned surface wear chipped edges scene rests smooth base textured foreground stone blocks light border photograph

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