[Plaster Casts of Bodies, Pompeii] — Giorgio Sommer | DiscoverArt

[Plaster Casts of Bodies, Pompeii]

ca. 1875

Albumen print from glass negative

27.3 × 38.4 cm (10.7 × 15.1 in)

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