Caption

View of the Strada delle Tombe in Pompeii, Italy, Strada delle Tombe, Pompei, photograph, collector's mark: 'VOSMAER', number: '1278', photographer: Giorgio Sommer, Pompeii, 1857 - 1875, Giorgio Sommer, photographer, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 315 mm x width 422 mm, street, ruin of a building, architecture, landscape with ruins, gravestone, tombstone, cemetery, park-like burying ground, Via delle Tombe (Pompeï), A wide view of an ancient ruined street flanked by crumbling stone walls and partially standing structures, with paved pathway running through the center, scattered rectangular tomb-like monuments and raised stone platforms along one side, tall narrow cypress trees and a line of thinner trees visible on the ridge beyond the ruins, grassy patches and rubble filling open areas, two figures walking on the paved path, and the scene rendered in a sepia-toned photographic style.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B08_211

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Rights managed

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42.8Mb (10.5Mb) / 14.1in x 11.8in / 4243 x 3525 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Strada delle Tombe Pompeii Italy Pompei photograph collector's mark Vosmaer number 1278 photographer Giorgio Sommer 1857 - 1875 pasteboard paper albumen print height 315 mm x width 422 mm street ruin building architecture landscape ruins gravestone tombstone cemetery park- burying ground Via delle Tombe Pompeï wide view ancient ruined street flanked crumbling stone walls partially standing structures paved pathway running center scattered rectangular tomb- monuments raised stone platforms side tall narrow cypress trees line thinner trees visible ridge beyond grassy patches rubble filling open areas two figures walking paved path scene rendered sepia-toned photographic style