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Photograph

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1900-1991

GUSN

GUSN-12710

Description

Simple oak frame with a white mat. Sepia-toned photo of classical ruins, probably Pompeii or Herculeaneum. Backed with brown paper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

photographs
oak (wood)
paper (fiber product)
photographs
Classical
ruins
Oak
Unidentified Paper
Unidentified Photograph
Ruin
Classical
PICTURE, HISTORIC

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Europe

Dimensions

23.625 x 29.25 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1815

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