New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Le Nesune, Lave Coulante 1871 (Eruption Of 1871)

Artist Unknown

CultureAmerican

Date19th century

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 1/4 x 3 in. (8.3 x 7.6 cm)
Overall, Support: 3 3/8 x 6 7/8 in. (8.6 x 17.5 cm)

InscribedLeft side, printed: "Naples"; title is handwritten. Right side, printed: "Mues d'Italie". Back, printed: "ITALY 1"; stamped, upper right: "FE 5'30 BV"; handwritten: "Eruption of 1871".

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number91.92.93

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DescriptionThis is a stereograph for use in BECKER'S TABLE TOP SWEETHEART STEREO VIEWER (91.91). There are two images on each card.

Exhibition History"Photography Remembered: A Selective View from the Robert W. Lisle Collection", The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, October 19, 1990 - January 13, 1991. (These stereographs were in the Beckers Table-Top Stereo Viewer, which is illustrated in color on p. 45 of the exhibition catalog.) Published ReferencesPHOTOGRAPHY REMEMBERED: A SELECTIVE VIEW FROM THE ROBERT W. LISLE COLLECTION (Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1990), pp. 42, 45; color ill., p. 45.