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Plaster Cast of Body, Pompeii

Artist Unknown
Dateca. 1875
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 5/8 × 14 5/8 inches (26.99 × 37.15 cm)
Mount: 13 5/8 × 18 13/16 inches (34.61 × 47.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2010.18.42
Signednone
InscribedOn mount recto, upper right, in black ink, handwritten: "Corps trouvé à Pompeii"
Markingsnone
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionAlbumen print on mount. Image of plaster cast of contorted figure on ground, with dark cloth used to obscure most of background.
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