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Ostia - Mosaic Pavement of the smaller Thermae, representing athletic sports
Parker, John Henry, born 1806 - died 1884 - Enlarge image
Ostia - Mosaic Pavement of the smaller Thermae, representing athletic sports
- Object:
Photograph
- Place of origin:
Rome (photographed)
- Date:
1864-1870 (photographed)
- Artist/Maker:
Parker, John Henry, born 1806 - died 1884 (publisher)
- Materials and Techniques:
mounted albumen print
- Museum number:
71120
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Photograph of a mosaic pavement, representing athletic sports, in the smaller thermae (baths) of the Roman town of Ostia.
Place of Origin
Rome (photographed)
Date
1864-1870 (photographed)
Artist/maker
Parker, John Henry, born 1806 - died 1884 (publisher)
Materials and Techniques
mounted albumen print
Dimensions
Height: 33.2 cm mount, Width: 26.8 cm mount
Object history note
This object is part of a series of over 3,300 photographs documenting the principal monuments, artworks and artefacts of Rome from the classical age to the 1600s. The photographs were taken between 1864 and 1879 under the direction of John Henry Parker, the founder of the British and American Archaeological Society of Rome, and many were published in his Archaeology of Rome (1874-1879). Parker employed local photographers including Adriano De Bonis, Filippo Spina, Carlo Baldassare Simelli, Francesco Sidoli, Filippo Lais and Giovanni Battista Colamedici, as well as a Canadian, Charles Smeaton. The Victoria and Albert Museum holds a large collection of the photographs taken before 1870.
Descriptive line
Photograph of a mosaic pavement in Ostia, from a set commissioned by John Henry Parker, Rome, 1864-1870
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
From departmental notes
The Archaeology of Rome, by John Henry Parker. Oxford: J. Parker and Co., 1874
Materials
Photographic paper
Techniques
Photography
Subjects depicted
Mosaics; Excavations; Pavements; Baths
Categories
Photographs; Archaeology; Mosaic; Sport
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection