'The Ring and Book.' Florence. Mercato Vecchio. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across the old market square, with the dome of the Duomo visible in the background: 'Taken from the corner of the Via Strozzi, looking towards the Duomo … The Mercato and the neighbouring streets are now all pulled down.'
Florence. View over the Mercato Vecchio. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along a street towards the square of the Mercato Vecchio: 'This is no longer existent: a brand new piazza has taken its place. Browning passed through here on his way to Casa Guidi [his lodgings] after purchasing his 'square old yellow book.' ...
'The Ring and the Book.' Castelnuovo. Photographer: Griffin, William Hall
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Genre: Landscape Photography General view looking towards the town, with the palace in the centre where, in Browning's poem, Caponsacchi and Pompilia were imprisoned after their capture at the inn on the high road (see following prints).