Object photograph·fol. 49r

Small draped figurines and groups on bases

Two rows of about a dozen small figurines on bases against a dark background, mostly standing draped figures — Photograph: Lawrence-Cesnola album, 1881. Wellcome Collection, London, fol. 49r. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Description

Standing draped figures, most with arms folded or hands raised, are set on square bases in two rows against a dark background. The front row stands on low dark plinths, and the back row rises on a higher shelf. At the left a reclining figure lies beside a standing figure, and at the right a pair of seated figures sit close together.

English

Small draped figurines and groups 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. 49r.