Charles Smeaton
1866-1868
Catacomb of Praetextatus - Fragment of a Sarcophagus with Bas-relief, c. A.D. 200

Albumen print
Victoria and Albert Museum
John Henry Parker Collection, 1866-8, Museum no. 62004
 
Photograph of a fragment of a sarcophagus with bas-relief decoration, in the Catacomb of Praetextatus, 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
 
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