Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8820
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"Marsico Nuovo"
Date
1857-1858
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Dimensions
height (print): 200mm
width (print): 283mm
width (print): 283mm
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Description
View of dislodged rocks and the limestone cliffs near the town of Paterno, Italy. The buildings visible are largely intact, Mallet's purpose was "giving an excellent idea of the petrological character of the soft limestone". Inscribed verso in pencil "Marsico Novo". Inscribed in ink "287". Described in Mallet's 1862 Report, vol.2 p.29. Collected by Robert Mallet.
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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