Plaster Casts of Bodies, Pompeii, Giorgio Sommer, ca. 1875

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Plaster Casts of Bodies, Pompeii, ca. 1875, Albumen print from glass negative, Image: x cm (10 3/4 x 15 1/8 in.), Photographs, Giorgio Sommer (Italian, born Germany, 1834–1914), Much as photography fixes a moment in time, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 24 in 79 preserved the city of Pompeii in eerie detail. Fascination with the site began with its excavation in the mid-eighteenth century and continues to this day

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Size: 5045px × 3683px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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