Getty Museum

Pompeii und Herculanum

Date

1859–1862

Medium

Albumen silver print

Department

Photographs

Institution

Getty Museum

Reproduction of an illustration by Albert Emil Kirchner depicting the columned temples and buildings Pompeii or possibly Herculaneum, with a plume of smoke rising from Mount Vesuvius in the distance. A woman fills pitchers from a fountain in the foreground, and other citizens are visible across the city engaging in activities of daily life.

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