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Description: | Sepia photograph taken from Savile's original glass plate negatives of the excavations at The Temple of Diana, Nemi, Italy in 1885. This image depicts NCM 1890-1355/605 the Julius Caesar styled bust, /606 the fountain base with inscription, /769 the triangular antefit, a further more complete antefix and a decorative piece of marble. The reverse of the image is stamped with the 'Corporation of Nottingham Art Museum' crest in purple ink, above it in pencil '(1/2) 1/2 plate glass neg. no 94 box 6,' below the pencil mark in blue biro 'BM. Copy but no number visible,' referring to copies at The British Museum.
Accession number: NCM 1890-1357/4 | Subjects: | religion sculpture Roman religious architecture (non-Christian) mythological figure antiquities building components mythical beasts | Temporal: | 1885 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | excavator/photographer Savile Lumley/Lord John | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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