Photograph - Roman sarcophagus
Reference code
FOX/17/007
Title
Photograph - Roman sarcophagus
Date
late 19th century
Level of description
item
Scope and content
Black and white photograph showing a sarcophagus, featuring a relief depicting the story of Atalanta in the main body of the object with a hunting scene atop and a fragment of a scene from the labours of Hercules on the top. The object is from the collection of the Vatican Museum in Rome and the image is secured onto card.
Creator
Fox, George Edward (1833-1908), architect and antiquary