Porta San Sebastiano

Porta San Sebastiano

Bound volume

Porta San Sebastiano

From the album Rome to Pompeii


ca. 1880
Albumen silver print
Image: 7 15/16 × 10 3/16 in. (20.1 × 25.8 cm)
Mount: 10 11/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.2 × 35.3 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Phil Porter
Inscriptions Printed in image, BL: 451. Porta S. Sebastiano
Inscribed in black ink on mount, B: B.343.-254 \ Porta S. Sebastiano formerly Porta Appia on Via Appia. The marble blocks seem to have \ been taken from ancient buildings The gate is surmounted by mediaeval towers \ and pinnacles.
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