Object photograph·fol. 48r

Small figurines and a bust on stands

Rows of small figurines on stands, including a bust, draped standing figures and a cockerel, against a dark background — Photograph: Lawrence-Cesnola album, 1881. Wellcome Collection, London, fol. 48r. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Description

About twenty small figurines and a head-and-bust stand on bases arranged in tiers against a dark background. Standing draped figures, seated figures and a cockerel with a raised tail fill the rows, with the bust at the left and a reclining figure at lower right. The pale surfaces show worn detail, and small white labels sit on several bases.

English

Small figurines and a bust on stands: one of the sixty photographs of finds from Alexander Palma di Cesnola's excavations of 1876–1879 mounted in the album, on fol. 48r.