Garden of Selvia, Capuchin Monastery. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
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Inscription: 422 [title and Bridges' signature inscribed on verso]. Genre: Landscape Photography Part of the monastery's garden surrounded by high rock cliffs; in the centre six monks and a layman pose for the photographer. Trimmed negative.
Garden of Ischia, Syracuse. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
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Inscription: Bridges/ Garden of Ischia, Syracuse Genre: Portrait Photography View of a rocky and wooded hillside with a monk standing in the centre. Print trimmed to size of image.
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...
[Furness Abbey (?)] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: 389/ S [Handwritten in pencil by Talbot.] Genre: Architectural Photography A monk stands by an opened wooden door, possibly a posed photograph taken at Furness Abbey. Steel plate photoglyphic engraving from stereograph. Image size 74 x 70 mm, press imprint size 127 x 100 mm, pape...