M0014583: Peristyle of a patrician's house, Herculaneum

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Peristyle of a patrician's house, Herculaneum

Photograph of the 200 year old peristyle of a patrician's house with fountain at the centre, which has been restored and is fed from the original lead pipes. From a photograph supplied by the Times accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1935 (accession number PHO 4896). Related images: V0031019

1956

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 582015i

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.