M0014583: Peristyle of a patrician's house, Herculaneum

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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

M0014583: Peristyle of a patrician's house, Herculaneum

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