Caption

View of the ruins of Pompeii at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Pompei: panorama e Vesuvio, City of Pompei, photograph, Part of Album with 191 photos of a trip to and through South Africa., negative number: '65', Pompeii, publisher: Edizione Esposito, c. 1880 - c. 1920, photographer, paper, albumen print, height 200 mm x width 259 mm, ruin of a dwelling, house, castle, Mount Vesuvius, A wide sepia-toned view of extensive ancient ruins fills the foreground with fragmented stone walls, columns, and archways forming irregular room outlines and narrow paved streets running toward the middle distance, where a low wall and scattered trees mark a boundary; beyond that, a large mountain rises across the horizon under a pale sky, its slopes gently sloping to smaller peaks at the sides.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A80_221

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Keywords

View ruins Pompeii foot Mount Vesuvius Pompei panorama e Vesuvio City photograph Part Album 191 photos trip South Africa negative number 65 publisher Edizione Esposito c 1880 - c 1920 photographer paper albumen print height 200 mm x width 259 mm ruin dwelling house castle wide sepia-toned view extensive ancient fills foreground fragmented stone walls columns archways forming irregular room outlines narrow paved streets running middle distance low wall scattered trees mark boundary beyond large mountain rises across horizon under pale sky slopes gently sloping smaller peaks sides