'The Pied Piper of Hamelin.' Hameln. Das Rattenfängerhaus. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Coloured photochrome view of the street facade of the building; photochrome print, mounted on card and published by Schmidt und Suckert.
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View taken from the vicinity of the Villa Brichieri (the home of Browning's friend Isa Blagden), looking down onto the city, with the walls in the foreground. Various prominent buildings are identified on the mount, including the Duomo, the Carmine Church,...
Genre: Architectural Photography View from across the Grand Canal looking towards the façade of the Palazzo Rezzonico, where Browning died on 12 December 1889.
View from the dome of St Peter's, Rome. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking eastwards, down onto the piazza with its circular colonnade and along the Via del Conciliazione towards the Catle of St Angelo and the Tiber in the distance.
The Mercato Vecchio, Florence. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View across the market square, with traders' stalls lining the piazza, the arcade on the far side, and the statue of the Virgin on a column in the foreground: 'This is now no longer existent: a brand new Piazza with the inevitable central statue of Victor...