[House of the Faun]

[House of the Faun]

Negative

John Shaw Smith

Maker
British, 1811–1873

[House of the Faun]

From Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Pompeii"


September 1851
Calotype
Image (untrimmed): 6 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (17.5 × 22.6 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
Inscriptions Inscribed in brown ink on verso, TC: The House of the Fawn so called from the statue found \ on the Pedestal at the back of the Impluvium The first \ part is the atrium with the Impluvium & chambers for Servants \ The second the Peristylium surrounded with Colonade with the \ appartments of the Family Pompeii Sept 1851 \ Vesuvius in the distance

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