Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8799
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"Vulture" [earthquake damage]
Date
1857-1858
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Dimensions
height (print): 207mm
width (print): 269mm
width (print): 269mm
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Description
Rooftop view of the town of Melfi, Italy, with Vulture in the distance. Inscribed verso in pencil "Vulture from [?] Melfi 32" and numbered upper right in ink "a.1". Collected by Robert Mallet and described by him in his 1862 Report, vol.2 pp.113-114.
Object history
From a series of photographs of the aftermath of the earthquake described in Great Neapolitan Earthquake of 1857: The first principles of observational seismology as developed in the report to the Royal Society..., by Robert Mallet, 2 vols., (London, Chapman and Hall, 1862). Many images were omitted from Mallet's book, but cited as being in this Royal Society collection (MS/225).
For a description of Mallet's expedition and the circumstances and attributions of the photographs see: Graziano Ferrari and Anita McConnell, "Robert Mallet and the 'Great Neapolitan Earthquake' of 1857", Notes and Records of the Royal Society 59 (1) 2005 pp.45-64. “Grellier” is an unidentified photographer, possibly an assistant to Alphonse Bernoud.
For a description of Mallet's expedition and the circumstances and attributions of the photographs see: Graziano Ferrari and Anita McConnell, "Robert Mallet and the 'Great Neapolitan Earthquake' of 1857", Notes and Records of the Royal Society 59 (1) 2005 pp.45-64. “Grellier” is an unidentified photographer, possibly an assistant to Alphonse Bernoud.
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