Tempio di Vesta
Bound volume
Unidentified
Maker
Tempio di Vesta
From the album Rome to Pompeii
ca. 1880
Albumen silver print
Image: 7 15/16 × 10 1/8 in. (20.2 × 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: TEMPIO DI VESTA
Inscribed in black ink on mount, L: B. 246. Temple di Vesta or Round Temple small and picturesque \ consisting of 20 Corinthean [sic] Columns covered by a poor wooden roof. \ The ancient entablature, the roof and one of the columns next to the Tiber \ have disappeared. In this Temple of Vesta sacred fire was kept alight \ by the Vestal Virgins.
Inscribed in black ink on mount, L: B. 246. Temple di Vesta or Round Temple small and picturesque \ consisting of 20 Corinthean [sic] Columns covered by a poor wooden roof. \ The ancient entablature, the roof and one of the columns next to the Tiber \ have disappeared. In this Temple of Vesta sacred fire was kept alight \ by the Vestal Virgins.
