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 ...
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '1/2'. Genre: Architectural Photography A posed photograph showing a thatch roofed workshop with several planks of wood outside. A man leans against the door, peering into the workshop, while a small child faces the camera sitting in a pile of wood sh...
Cowper's Summer-House, Olney in Bucks. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Inscription: Inscribed along the bottom edge of the negative: 'Cowper's Summer-House, Olney in Bucks'. Genre: Architectural Photography An open picket fence leading to a small high roofed cottage with an opened window; two tall fir trees stand between the fence and the building with several tr...
