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[Pope Pius IX blessing crowd]
Robert Macphersonabout 1862
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A large crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square. A white tarp is hanging from the pediment of St. Peter's Basilica. The crowd is gathered in the square around the obelisk, as well as on surrounding balconies.
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- Title: [Pope Pius IX blessing crowd]
- Creator: Robert Macpherson
- Date Created: about 1862
- Location Created: Rome, Italy; Vatican City
- Physical Dimensions: 27.5 × 33.3 cm (10 13/16 × 13 1/8 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.XP.373.33
- Culture: Scottish
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Possibly Robert Macpherson (Scottish, 1811 - 1872)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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