Tomb of James Smithson in Italy
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Creator: Prematio Studio Fotographico (Genova, Italy)
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1897
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 21 Folder 5
Full view of the fenced plot with the monument of James Smithson in the Protestant or English cemetery on a hilltop about a mile west of Genoa, Italy. The base of the monument is of pale gray marble, 6 feet and a half long, 3 feet wide and 3 3/4 feet high. On the top of this is a white marble urn suitably proportioned to the base. In 1904 his remains were removed and brought to the Smithsonian.
Smithson, James 1765-1829
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 21 Folder 5
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1897
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Genoa (Italy)
82-3196
Color: Sepia; Size: 7 1/8w x 5 1/4h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print