The House of Marcus Lucretius, Pompei, Italy
Category
Photographs
Date
1883
Materials
Paper
Measurements
204 x 236 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520697.40
Summary
An albumen print photograph depicting the ruins of The House of Marcus Lucretius in Pompei . The print is mounted onto a white stiff card page on the lefthand side within an album. The photograph is in landscape format and has diagonally cut corners. Markings: Bottom of the page, below the photograph, handwritten in ink and underlined, are the words: 'The House of Marcus Lucritius (sic) Pompei'
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986