Object photograph·fol. 44r

Terracotta figurines of female and male figures on bases

Eight small figurines of standing and seated figures on dark wooden bases, photographed against a dark background. — Photograph: Lawrence-Cesnola album, 1881. Wellcome Collection, London, fol. 44r. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Description

Eight figurines stand in a row on individual dark wooden bases, each with a small paper label on its plinth. Figures include a draped woman, a woman playing a lyre, a winged figure, a nude male figure and a seated figure with a cloth. The pale figures stand out against the dark backdrop, and the album page border surrounds the photograph.

English

Terracotta figurines of female and male figures on bases: one of the sixty photographs of finds from Alexander Palma di Cesnola's excavations of 1876–1879 mounted in the album, on fol. 44r.