[Entrance to a Crypt]

about 1864

Current Collection

Los Angeles, United States

Medium: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: 8 × 5.7 cm
Status: In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID: C24-252455

View of an entrance to a crypt in the shape of a Gothic archway, possibly part of a church. The interior walls of the archway is lined with stacked rows of human skulls, while the entrance itself is partially blocked by more bones and skulls. Also visible on the lower right area of the image is a small table with skulls on it and a chair next to the table.

Provenance

Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography

Registry history

about 1864 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs

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