Written in ink on central paper label on verso: 'Paestum, General View from the summit of the walls near the [so called] Porta del Mare'. On the left are the remains of this gate, on the foreground is the road, + on the right is the remains of one of the turrets with which the walls were anciently fortified. The first building is the basilica, the next the great Temple, or Temple of Neptune, in the distance is the small temple or Temple of Ceres. At about 3 P. M. 4 May 1841. By Alexr John Ellis. No'
Written on a paper label on the short left and right sides of the frame is 'Pt1'
Written on a paper strip across the top is '(1) Paestum'