Caption

Interno del Teatro, Remains of the Amphitheater of Taormina, Italy, Taormina, photograph, number: 'No. 1745.', 1851 - 1900, photographer, Sicily, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 310 mm x width 384 mm, ruin of a building, architecture, amphitheatre, A wide sepia photograph shows ancient stone ruins with large arched openings and sections of crumbled walls, some topped with short columns and scattered column drums lying on the ground; the foreground contains a pile of irregularly shaped stones and broken architectural fragments on grassy earth, while midground terraces and raised platforms support remnants of masonry and upright columns; distant hills and a faint mountain silhouette appear through an archway and between the ruins, and a small cluster of buildings sits on a distant ridge; vegetation including low bushes and patches of grass grows among the ruins, and the sky above is pale and clear.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B10_461

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Rights managed

Available size

44.2Mb (10.5Mb) / 14.6in x 11.8in / 4370 x 3532 (300dpi)

Keywords

Interno del Teatro Remains Amphitheater Taormina Italy photograph number No 1745 1851 - 1900 photographer Sicily pasteboard paper albumen print height 310 mm x width 384 mm ruin building architecture amphitheatre wide sepia photograph ancient stone ruins large arched openings sections crumbled walls topped short columns scattered column drums lying ground foreground contains pile irregularly shaped stones broken architectural fragments grassy earth midground terraces raised platforms support remnants masonry upright columns distant hills faint mountain silhouette archway ruins small cluster buildings sits distant ridge vegetation low bushes patches grass grows sky pale clear