Artist
Giorgio Sommer (Italian, born Germany, 1834–1914)Italian, born Germany, 1834–1914
CultureItalian
Titles
- Dog, Pompeii
Datec. 1870
Place depictedPompeii, Italy
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 11 3/16 × 14 13/16 in. (28.4 × 37.6 cm)
Sheet: 19 3/8 × 25 3/16 in. (49.2 × 64 cm)
Sheet: 19 3/8 × 25 3/16 in. (49.2 × 64 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors
Object number2014.258
Non exposé
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PhotographyObject Type
ProvenanceInstitut Catholique de Paris; (Sale: Ader, Paris, November 17, 2013 [Lot 00112] in a lot of 12; James Hyman, London
Exhibition History“A History of Photography II: Selections from the Museum's Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 17–July 19, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil on verso mount, upper left: PH / 4098
Inscribed in pencil on verso mount, upper right: AD(?) 135/348.../ 5183/253
Inscribed in pencil on verso mount, upper right: AD(?) 135/348.../ 5183/253
Printed on verso mount, center: I.C (in a circle)
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Giorgio Sommer
1880s
Albumen silver print with applied color
2020.12
Francis Frith
c. 1855–1870
Albumen silver print from glass negative
87.394