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The Grotto of Egeria
Robert MacPherson (Scottish, 1811–1872)
Medium/Technique
Photograph, albumen print
Dimensions
Image: 31.4 x 39.6 cm (12 3/8 x 15 9/16 in.)
Mount: 45.9 x 56 cm (18 1/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
Mount: 45.9 x 56 cm (18 1/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession Number2011.182
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
Marks
Recto, below image in ink on mount: Grotto of Egeria.
Below this, MacPherson blind stamp, with number 157 in graphite
L. r., in ink: Italy.
Verso, MFA Photo Library Accession Sticker, with numbers in ink:
436/Eg2/K1/ . . . 14361
To right of sticker, in ink: Egeria, Italy. / Grotto. (Nymphaeum).
Further to right, in ink: The "grotto" is a nymphaeum/ originally covered with marble, / the shrine of the brook Almo/ which now flows past it in an/ artificial channel.
Below sticker, in crayon: 2
In center, stamped in violet ink: Museum of Fine Arts, /Boston.
- above this, in ink: 14361
L. l., in graphite: Grotto of Egeria
L. r., stamped in black: The Gardner Brewer Collection
Below this, MacPherson blind stamp, with number 157 in graphite
L. r., in ink: Italy.
Verso, MFA Photo Library Accession Sticker, with numbers in ink:
436/Eg2/K1/ . . . 14361
To right of sticker, in ink: Egeria, Italy. / Grotto. (Nymphaeum).
Further to right, in ink: The "grotto" is a nymphaeum/ originally covered with marble, / the shrine of the brook Almo/ which now flows past it in an/ artificial channel.
Below sticker, in crayon: 2
In center, stamped in violet ink: Museum of Fine Arts, /Boston.
- above this, in ink: 14361
L. l., in graphite: Grotto of Egeria
L. r., stamped in black: The Gardner Brewer Collection