Charles Smeaton
1866-1868
Catacomb of S. Priscilla - Painted Chapel, restored by John I., A.D. 525

Albumen print
Victoria and Albert Museum
John Henry Parker Collection, 1866-8, Museum no. 62002
 
Photograph of a painted chapel in the Catacomb of S. Priscilla, Rome. Taken with a magnesium flash.
 
John Henry Parker (1806-1884, publisher)
 
See also:
Andrea Terry and John Osborne, "Un Canadien Errant", Canadian Art Review, Vol. 32, No. 1/2 (2007), pp. 94-106
 
LL/97803