Caption

Pompeii: Temple Venus: searches 1817., Remains of the Temple of Venus in Pompeii with Mount Vesuvius in the background, photograph, Part of Travel album with photos of sights in Naples and surroundings., negative number: '6560', c. 1865 - c. 1875, photographer, paper, albumen print, albumendruk, height 208 mm x width 253 mm, column, pillar, architecture, temple, shrine, non-Christian religions, excavation, archeology, A wide view of ancient stone ruins centered on a stepped platform leading up to a raised terrace with low walls and remnants of painted plaster, flanked by tall fluted columns with ornate capitals and shorter broken column stubs, with a solitary slender column standing in the foreground on a square base and a rectangular plinth positioned at the base of the steps, all set on a dark textured ground and with distant low hills visible against a pale sky.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B10_100

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36.7Mb (7.0Mb) / 13.6in x 10.5in / 4071 x 3154 (300dpi)

Keywords

Pompeii Temple Venus searches 1817 Remains Temple Venus Mount Vesuvius background photograph Part Travel album photos sights Naples surroundings negative number 6560 c 1865 - c 1875 photographer paper albumen print albumendruk height 208 mm x width 253 mm column pillar architecture temple shrine non-Christian religions excavation archeology wide view ancient stone ruins centered stepped platform leading up raised terrace low walls remnants painted plaster flanked tall fluted columns ornate capitals shorter broken column stubs solitary slender column standing foreground square base rectangular plinth positioned base steps set dark textured ground distant low hills visible pale sky