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Pompey's Pillar
Unknownabout 1881
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
View of a monolithic column, topped with an ornate capital, standing over a densely populated area. Visible in the foreground are two people standing in the lower right area of the image, and in the background, a built structure on top of a mound-like land formation.
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Details
- Title: Pompey's Pillar
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: about 1881
- Location Created: Alexandria, Egypt
- Physical Dimensions: 19.2 × 25.2 cm (7 9/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 2007.26.206.76
- Culture: British
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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