Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8823
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"Potenza, east end" [earthquake damage]
Date
1857-1858
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height (print): 179mm
width (print): 253mm
width (print): 253mm
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Description
Landscape view of the town of Potenza, Italy, showing rooftop damage and fallen walls in buildings, most obviously to the left of the image. Inscribed verso in pencil "Potenza East end E & W". Inscribed in pencil "Photog 303". Described in Mallet's 1862 Report, vol.2 p.56-59. 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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