Record

Collection	ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection
Object Name	Print (House of the Street Stabiae)
	Picture
	Illustration
Object Number	ABDUA:50271
Other Number	A662+1
Other Number Type	old number
Period	1854 - 1896
Brief Description	Colour print showing 'Pompei, Destoyed House of the Street Stabiae'. Central panel in duck egg blue featuring a vignette of figures embracing, flanked by two coral panels featuring a winged figures. Horizontal section above features an off white background with repeating quatrefoil pattern.
Content Description	Pompeii fresco
Dimensions	Frame H: 515 x W: 550mm, print H: 320 x W: 350mm
Materials	Paper, ink, pigment
Condition	Good
Completeness	Complete
Technique	Printing, Colour Lithograph
Maker	Niccolini, F & F.
Association Type Place	Subject
Associated Person	Bey, Grant; Gibson, T
Field Collector	Gibson, T
Inscription Content	'Pompeii Destroyed Aug 23rd AD79. Fresco from a wall in the House of the Street Stabiae. Excavated in 1872'.
Publication Note	Fausto & Felice Niccolini. (1854 - 1896). Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei (“The Houses and Monuments of Pompeii”). Naples.
Aquisition Source	Morrice, Mrs Gordon
Aquisition Date	05/10/1948

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