Object photograph·fol. 53r

Small figurines of people and animals on shelves

About a dozen small pale figurines of people and animals arranged in two rows against a dark backdrop — Photograph: Lawrence-Cesnola album, 1881. Wellcome Collection, London, fol. 53r. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Description

Around a dozen small figurines stand on dark wooden bases in two rows on a shelf against a plain dark backdrop. Some are standing, some seated, and several show riders or figures with animals such as roosters and a horse-like creature. Their pale surfaces show detailed modelling of drapery, hair and faces.

English

Small figurines of people and animals on shelves: one of the sixty photographs of finds from Alexander Palma di Cesnola's excavations of 1876–1879 mounted in the album, on fol. 53r.