California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Painting depicting an interior view of Cornelius Rufus' home in Pompei, [s.d.]

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Painting depicting an interior view of Cornelius Rufus' home in Pompei, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a painting depicting an interior view of Cornelius Rufus' home in Pompei, [s.d.]. A bearded man is pictured in the left foreground, either scrubbing or piling rolls of rags on the floor. A child blows a toy ship across a large pool embedded in the floor at center. A man in a large, flowing toga stands to the far right, speaking with an advisor who holds a scroll. A woman tends to three children in the right background while a second woman clears fruit from the table. An open-air courtyard is visible in the background. Latin text at the bottom right corner reads: "Domus Corn Rufi".

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Title Painting depicting an interior view of Cornelius Rufus' home in Pompei, [s.d.]

Subject Art (lcsh), Art -- Roman (file heading), residential sites (adlf), Rufus, Cornelius (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Italy (countries), Pompeii (city or populated place)

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18010

Identifier 7775 (accession number), CHS-7775 (call number), CHS-7775 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18043 (legacy record id), chs-m18010 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14104 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18043

Unique identifier UC113688

Legacy Identifier CHS-7775.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.3 in × 12.8 in at 300dpi
41.4 cm × 32.5 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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