Pompei, Casa del Fauno
Bound volume
Pompei, Casa del Fauno
From the album Rome to Pompeii
ca. 1880
Albumen silver print
Image: 8 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (20.7 × 25.5 cm)
Mount: 10 11/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.2 × 35.3 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Phil Porter
1986.0308.0100
Inscriptions Printed in image, B: 1209 POMPEI Casa del Fauno G. Sommer - Napoli
Inscribed in black ink on mount, L: B.144. House of the Faun so named from the bronze statuette of a \ dancing Faun formed here. It is the handsomest in Pompeii. The style \ of its decorations proves it to date 2nd cent B.C. It possessed 2 entrances \ and 2 atria
Inscribed in black ink on mount, L: B.144. House of the Faun so named from the bronze statuette of a \ dancing Faun formed here. It is the handsomest in Pompeii. The style \ of its decorations proves it to date 2nd cent B.C. It possessed 2 entrances \ and 2 atria
