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Description

An early photograph of the Colosseum, Rome, inscribed to the reverse in pencil 'Neg by Hon W Vernon / Print'd by J Watson 1859', 176 x 243mm; with a view of the Temple of Vesta, 191 x 255mm (2)



Property of a descendant of Robert Murray (1798-1857)



Footnote:

The Hon. W Vernon is mentioned in The Photographic Journal 1863, p. 223 as he '...had found the morning light in Italy most suitable for photography, doubtless owing to the coolness which then prevailed.'

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