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Human imprint, Pompeii

Giorgio SOMMER
Human imprint, Pompeii
(Impronte umane. Pompei)
 (c. 1880)

Medium
albumen silver photograph

Measurements
19.7 × 25.3 cm (image) 20.1 × 25.3 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Janice Hinderaker, Member, 2003
Public domain

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Pompeii, Italy

Inscription
inscribed on negative (in image) l.l.: 1234.
incised on negative l.l.: POMPEI. Impronte Umane
incised on negative l.r.: (...illeg.) Napol(...illeg.)

Accession Number
2003.424

Department
International Photography

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