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Bagni nuovi (Pompeii), Ruins of a bathhouse in Pompeii, photograph, number: '28', inscription: 'Pompei', number: '29', collector's mark: 'RICH SCHOOL FOR ARTS HANDBOOK, GROUP', number: 'No. 1258.', photographer: attributed to Giorgio Sommer, Pompeii, 1863 - 1875, Giorgio Sommer, photographer, Attributed to, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 320 mm x width 478 mm, ruin of a building, architecture, landscape with ruins, public baths, Bagni nuovi, A sunlit facade of an old stone building fills the middle of the image, showing faded decorative panels and reliefs, a large arched opening with a dark interior, and a rectangular window above a worn wall; tiled roof eaves cast shadows along the top edge and small sculpted figures appear near the arch; the lower portion of the wall shows exposed brick and rough texture, with a stepped platform and a shallow paved foreground in front; on the left side a wooden fence and a small plastered structure are visible, and long diagonal shadows fall across the ground toward the foreground; the sky above is pale and empty.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Bagni nuovi Pompeii Ruins bathhouse photograph number 28 inscription Pompei 29 collector's mark Rich School Arts Handbook Group No 1258 photographer attributed Giorgio Sommer 1863 - 1875 Attributed pasteboard paper albumen print height 320 mm x width 478 mm ruin building architecture landscape ruins public baths sunlit facade old stone building fills middle image showing faded decorative panels reliefs large arched opening dark interior rectangular window worn wall tiled roof eaves cast shadows top edge small sculpted figures near arch lower portion wall exposed brick rough texture stepped platform shallow paved foreground front left side wooden fence small plastered structure visible long diagonal shadows fall across ground sky pale empty