[Plaster Casts of Bodies, Pompeii], ca. 1875, Albumen print from glass negative, Image: 27.3 x 38.4 cm (10 3/4 x 15 1/8 in.), Photographs, Giorgio Sommer (Italian, born Germany, 1834–1914), Much as photography fixes a moment in time, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 24 in a.d. 79 preserved the city of Pompeii in eerie detail. Fascination with the site began with its excavation in the mid-eighteenth century and continues to this day
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Plaster Casts, Bodies, Pompeii, ca, 1875, Albumen print, glass negative, Image, 27.3 x 38.4 cm, 10 3/4 15 1/8, Photographs, Giorgio Sommer, Italian, born Germany, 1834–1914, Much, photography fixes, moment, time, eruption, Mount Vesuvius, August 24, d, 79 preserved, city, eerie detail, Fascination, site, excavation, mid-eighteenth century, continues, day
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