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Stereoscopic Photograph (Albumen Prints) of Pompeii, by Robert Rive, Naples, Probably 1870s

Inventory Number 98366


Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Beatrice M. Blackwood in 1966. Part of a collection of stereoscopic photographs that belonged to the artist, travel writer, and folklorist Estella Canziani (1887-1964).
Primary inscriptions
Printed on card: "Robert Rive Naples / Vues d'Italie"; printed caption within photograph: "460. Casa Marco Olconia di Pompei".
Physical material
Paper
Card
Inventory No
98366
Accession Number
1966-147

Description

Stereoscopic albumen prints mounted on card. Good stereoscopic effect. Pompeii, with Vesuvius in the background. The two views with original number 460 (other is 12475) show the same subject but the photographs are different.

One of a collection of 58 early Italian stereoscopic photographs from the collection of Estella Canziani.