Construction of Travertine facing to the Tomb of Caecilia Metella, B.C. 103
Photograph
1867-70 (photographed)
1867-70 (photographed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Photograph showing the travertine facing of the Tomb of Caecilia Metella, Rome
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | Construction of Travertine facing to the Tomb of Caecilia Metella, B.C. 103 |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Photograph showing the travertine facing of the Tomb of Caecilia Metella, Rome |
| Object history | This photograph is one of a collection of over 3,300 photographs documenting the principal monuments of Rome from the classical age to the 1600s. The photographs were taken between 1867 and 1870 under the direction of John Henry Parker, the founder of the British and American Archaeological Society of Rome. He employed several local photographers including De Bonis, Filippo Spina, Carlo Baldassare Simelli, Francesco Sidoli, Filippo Lais, Giovanni Battista Colamedici, as well as a Canadian one, Charles Smeaton. The Victoria and Albert Museum houses a selection of the most significant photographs from this collection. |
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| Bibliographic reference | On label pasted to mount |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 62372 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2015 |
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