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Obelisk in the Piazza del Popolo

Obelisk in the Piazza del Popolo

(Italian, 19th century)
Medium/TechniqueStereocard, albumen prints mounted to card stock
Credit LineEdward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession number65.4053
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ClassificationsPhotographs
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InscriptionsVerso, in graphite: "Porta del Popolo - the ancient Porta Flaminia. The obelisk stood before the Temple of the Sun at Heliopolis"
ProvenanceOliver Wendell Holmes (b. 1809 – d. 1894), Boston; by descent to his grandson, Edward Jackson Holmes (b. 1873 – d. 1950), Boston; 1950, bequeathed by Edward Jackson Holmes to his widow, Mary Stacy Beaman Holmes (b. 1875 – d. 1964), Boston; 1965, bequest of Mrs. Holmes to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 17, 2016)