Object number1994.16.10

Mt. Vesuvius and surrounding Countryside After the Eruption

Date1895

Artist Giorgio Sommer (Italian, 1834-1914)

CultureItalian

MediumAlbumen print from glass plate negative

DimensionsSheet: 8 x 10 1/4 in. (20.32 x 26.04 cm)

Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Libraries, Gift of The Charles F. Smillie Collection of Photographs presented by Mrs. Mary Smillie Throop

On View

Not on view

Period19th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

InscribedInscribed (LLC in image, inherent): 2540 ERUZIONE DEL VESUVIO Luglio 1895; (LRC in image, inherent): Sommer - Napoli; (ULC, on board, in ink): Vesuvius; (URC, on board, in ink): 303; (verso ULC, on board, in ink): Mount Vesuvius-1895, (stamp): THE CHARLES F. SMILLIE / COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS PRESENTED BY / MRS. MARY SMILLIE THROOP

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