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Postcard from Rome, Italy of la Bocca della Verita

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1937-1983

GUSN

GUSN-264724

Description

Black and white photographic postcard depicting a print of a sculptured face on a circular disk. Kept in the master bedroom under the glass top of nightstand on the right side of the bed, under the left side of the table.

Details

Descriptive Terms

photographic postcards
paper by form
printing (process)
Postcard

Inscription

Front: "ROMA - Chiesa di S. Maria in Cosmedin / La "BOCCA DELLA VERITA"" Back: "ROMA: Church of S. Maria in Cosmedin - The "MOUTH OF TRUTH" / Same in Spanish, German / "Riproduzione vietata / vera fotografia" (printed)

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6 x 4 1/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Ise Gropius

Accession Number

1984.1248

Places

Rome (Roma province, Latium, Italy)
Rome (Roma province, Latium, Italy)

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