Partly ruined buildings in Ostia identified as a tavern or hot-food shop (thermopolium) from the 3rd century AD: a fresco depicting vegetables, wine and fruit, seen from the front; marble steps descend below. Photograph after G.E. Chauffourier, 1928.

  • Chauffourier, Gustave Eugène, 1845-1919.
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36931i
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[Rome?] : E.P.C.

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1 photograph : photoprint, silver gelatin ; sheet 12 x 17.4 cm

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Chauffourier. Roma 1928. Lettering partly obscured, stamped on front of photograph. Publisher's mark in bottom right corner of photograph, the letters EPC printed in three sections of a circle. Lettering on verso bears the words: "Ostia Scavi"

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Wellcome Collection 36931i

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