[Temple of Venus, Pompeii]

[Temple of Venus, Pompeii]

Negative

John Shaw Smith

Maker
British, 1811–1873

[Temple of Venus, Pompeii]

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
1981.1683.0138
Inscriptions Inscribed in brown ink on verso, TC: The Temple of Venus with Altar and \ steps leading to
Cella Pompeii Sept 1851 \ the Appenines in the distance [faint]

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