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.
[Fac-simile of lithograph of two Saints.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A fac-simile of a biblical depiction. Chemistry float-applied on paper241 x 205 mm. Watermarked 'R Turner Chafford Mills 1840'. Top edge of paper has several small tears.
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...
St Jerome. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Reproduction of a drawing of St Jerome in the wilderness looking upwards while writing in a book, with the lion and crucifix at right.
Bas Relief of Crucifixion. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: 'June 23, 1840/ Bas Relief of Crucifixion'. A tightly composed photogenic camera negative of a bas relief depicting mourners gathering around Christ's body. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.
Gate of the Cathedral of Valladolid. Photographer: Clouzard & Soulier
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'PN Fax of the Cathd[ral] of Valladolid Spain' ''90900'. Genre: Architectural Photography View of the intricate stonework carving of the entrance to the cathedral, image border rounded at top corners. Photoglyphic engraving from original stereograph by Clouzard...
Gate of the Cathedral of Valladolid. Photographer: Clouzard & Soulier
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Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '90883'. Genre: Architectural Photography View of the intricate stonework carving of the entrance to the cathedral, image border rounded at top corners. One of seven architectural subjects to be included in the 12 November 1858 edition of 'Photographi...