Tomba di Cecilia Metella
Bound volume
Unidentified
Maker
Tomba di Cecilia Metella
From the album Rome to Pompeii
ca. 1880
Albumen silver print
Image: 7 7/8 × 10 1/8 in. (20 × 25.7 cm)
Mount: 10 11/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.2 × 35.3 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Phil Porter
Inscriptions Printed in image, BL: 468. Tomba di Cecilia Metella
Inscribed in pencil on mount, BL: B 343-5
Inscribed in black ink on mount, B: On the right in the Via Appia is the tomb of Cecilia Metella. It is a circular structure 65 \ ft. in diameter. The frieze which runs around the building is adorned with wreaths of \ flowers and skulls of oxen. The interior is almost entirely filled up contained the tomb-chamber of \ the deceased. Adjoining the tomb belong the picturesque ruins of a palace.
Inscribed in pencil on mount, BL: B 343-5
Inscribed in black ink on mount, B: On the right in the Via Appia is the tomb of Cecilia Metella. It is a circular structure 65 \ ft. in diameter. The frieze which runs around the building is adorned with wreaths of \ flowers and skulls of oxen. The interior is almost entirely filled up contained the tomb-chamber of \ the deceased. Adjoining the tomb belong the picturesque ruins of a palace.
