Excavated room. 18th-century artwork of a room excavated at Pompeii,Italy,with a skeleton at lower right next to a well. It is thought this was a laundry room and the skeleton is that of a washer-woman. This artwork illustrated a paper on discoveries at Pompeii,written by British ambassador to Naples Sir William Hamilton (1731-1803). Pompeii,in the Bay of Naples,was a Roman city that had been destroyed by a volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. It was rediscovered in 1748. Published in Volume 4 (1777) of 'Archaeologia',the journal of the Society of Antiquaries of London | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Middle Temple Library |
Bildgröße: | 5053 px × 3815 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Eigentums-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Restrictions: | - |