[Citation de Virgile]

Nadar1861

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

View inside the Paris Catacombs, lit with artificial light. The wall is lined with human skulls arranged around a stone plaque on which a quotation from Virgil is carved.

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Title: [Citation de Virgile]
Creator: Nadar [Gaspard Félix Tournachon]
Date Created: 1861
Location Created: Paris, France
Physical Dimensions: 23.6 × 19.5 cm (9 1/4 × 7 11/16 in.)
Type: Print
External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
Medium: Albumen silver print
Terms of Use: Open Content
Number: 84.XM.436.471
Culture: French
Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Creator Display Name: Nadar [Gaspard Félix Tournachon] (French, 1820 - 1910)
Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)

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