Pompei, Impronte

Pompei, Impronte

Bound volume

Giorgio Sommer

Maker
Italian, b. Germany, 1834–1914

Pompei, Impronte

From the album Rome to Pompeii


ca. 1880
Albumen silver print
Image: 8 1/16 × 10 1/16 in. (20.4 × 25.6 cm)
Mount: 10 11/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.2 × 35.3 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Phil Porter
1986.0308.0079
Inscriptions Printed in image, B: No. 1287 POMPEI Impronte G. Sommer - Napoli
Inscribed in black ink on mount, L: B. 133. In Museum of Pompeii among the interesting of ob- \ jects are preserved in glass cases are 8 human corpses & \ the body of one dog. This is the dead dog. Following are \ the 8 human bodies the last view representing 2 women
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