Casa del fauno, Remains of the House of the Faun at Pompeii, Pompeii, photograph, inscription: 'kns', inscription: 'B. hd technique', number: '48', number: 'No. 1269.', photographer: attributed to Giorgio Sommer, 1857 - 1875, Attributed to, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 319 mm x width 480 mm, urban housing, ruin of a building, architecture, landscape with ruins, A sepia-toned photograph showing the ruins of a stone building with fragments of walls and columns framing a central courtyard area; in the foreground a rectangular sunken basin with a small pedestal sits in shadow, bordered by pale stone edging, while a paved surface extends toward the midground where battered column drums and short fluted column bases rest atop a low wall; beyond this a row of taller columns supports an entablature with decorative molding, and remnants of plastered walls with door openings and niches rise on either side; the stone surfaces display rough texture and weathering, and the distant backg...
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Casa del fauno, Remains of the House of the Faun at Pompeii, Pompeii, photograph, inscription: 'kns', inscription: 'B. hd technique', number: '48', number: 'No. 1269.', photographer: attributed to Giorgio Sommer, 1857 - 1875, Attributed to, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 319 mm x width 480 mm, urban housing, ruin of a building, architecture, landscape with ruins, A sepia-toned photograph showing the ruins of a stone building with fragments of walls and columns framing a central courtyard area; in the foreground a rectangular sunken basin with a small pedestal sits in shadow, bordered by pale stone edging, while a paved surface extends toward the midground where battered column drums and short fluted column bases rest atop a low wall; beyond this a row of taller columns supports an entablature with decorative molding, and remnants of plastered walls with door openings and niches rise on either side; the stone surfaces display rough texture and weathering, and the distant background shows a hazy outline of a mountain range against a pale sky.

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Casa del fauno Remains House Faun Pompeii photograph inscription kns B hd technique number 48 No 1269 photographer attributed Giorgio Sommer 1857 - 1875 Attributed pasteboard paper albumen print height 319 mm x width 480 mm urban housing ruin building architecture landscape ruins sepia-toned photograph showing stone building fragments walls columns framing central courtyard area foreground rectangular sunken basin small pedestal sits shadow bordered pale stone edging paved surface extends midground battered column drums short fluted column bases rest atop low wall beyond row taller columns supports entablature decorative molding remnants plastered walls door openings niches rise side stone surfaces display rough texture weathering distant background hazy outline mountain range pale sky

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