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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 'Entrance to baths & dwellings (F on plan.) The "Artemisium," Nemi.' The plan refers to the site plan. The image is bounded by a card border, on to which the label is stuck. The reverse of the image is stamped with the 'Corporation of Nottingham Art Museum' crest in purple ink, below it in pencil '10,' and below that in blue biro ' = BM. Copy no 11,' referring to copies at The British Museum. Sir John Lumley Savile (1886), 'Excavations at Nemi,' Journal of the British and American Society of Rome Sessions 1885-1886, pp62. features a description to the entrance, as follows: 'The entrance to the bath was approached by two steps 10 feet long, and ornamented with two columns; portions of which were cound in situ, in front of which was uncovered apotion of the old Roman road by which the pilgrims reached the temple from Genzano.'
Accession number: NCM 1890-1357/19 | Subjects: | religion stonework archaeology building religious architecture Roman mythology antiquities architecture health | 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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