Abate's Hotel, Syracuse. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
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Inscription: Bridges/ Abate's Hotel/ Syracuse Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View taken from an elevated vantage point looking down onto the hotel and several rooftops nearby; a group of people stand on a corner terrace of the hotel and the sea is visible along the skyline. Positive pr...
Benedictine Convent, Catania [Padre Cafici sat in Garden]. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
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Inscription: Bridges/ Benedictine Convent/ No.36 Genre: Portrait Photography View of Padre Cafici sat by a fountain in the grounds of the convent, in the distance the cathedral dome is visible through the trees. Positive print of one of the 73 negatives sent to Talbot from Malta on the 20th Oc...
Court of Benedictine Convent. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
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Inscription: Bridges/ Benedictine Convent/ Catania/ No 40 Genre: Architectural Photography View of the inner courtyard of the convent showing an exterior alter and various monks stationed around it. Positive print of one of the 73 negatives sent to Talbot from Malta on the 20th October 1846. C...
Court of Benedictine Convent, Catania. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
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Inscription: Bridges/ Benedictine Convent/ Catania/ No 40 Genre: Architectural Photography View of the inner courtyard of the convent with its exterior alter and various monks stationed around it. Positive print of one of the 73 negatives sent to Talbot from Malta on the 20th October 1846. Che...
Benedictine Convent, Catania Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
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Inscription: Bridges/ Benedictine Convent/ Catania Genre: Architectural Photography Oblique view along a rectangular building of the convent with several doors and windows with balconies, the several of which have their shutters closed; very intricate stonework surrounding some of the windows....
Cathedral, Catania. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
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Inscription: Inscribed on recto from negative: 'Bridges/ Cathedral/ Catania/ No 39' and on verso: '439'. Genre: Architectural Photography Taken from the piazza, it shows the rear view of the Fontana dell'Elefante with the cathedral behind. Positive print of one of the 73 negatives sent to Talb...
Benedictine Convent, Catania. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
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Inscription: Bridges/ Benedictine Convent/ Catania/ No 33 Genre: Architectural Photography Oblique view of the convent with its intricate windows and showing the convent's dome behind. Positive print of one of the 73 negatives sent to Talbot from Malta on the 20th October 1846. Chemistry float...
The Corso, Catania. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
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Inscription: Bridges/ Catania/ The Corso Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View taken from an elevated position looking along the street below, on the right side of the street the dome of the cathedral is visible. Positive print of one of the 73 negatives sent to Talbot from Malta on the ...
[The Gamekeeper.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Genre: Portrait Photography One of three copies (prints 634-636) of this subject, a vignette of a sleeping gamekeeper wearing hat and breeches with rifle over his lap. In the foreground there are several daisies and he sits by a stone gateway. Historically this photograph has been attributed to...
[The Gamekeeper.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Genre: Portrait Photography One of three copies (prints 634-636) of this subject, a vignette of a sleeping gamekeeper wearing hat and breeches with rifle over his lap. In the foreground there are several daisies and he sits by a stone gateway. Historically this photograph has been attributed to...