['Pippa passes.' View of the centre of Asolo.] Photographer: Griffin, William Hall
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of a cluster of houses in the centre of the town. Unmounted print. Pencilled notes on the reverse identify the campanile of the Duomo (centre) and below this the 'Bishop's brother's house.' Prints 4 and 5 can be joined to form a panoramic view (as the...
'Pippa passes.' Asolo. View from La Mura (Mrs Bronson's). Photographer: Griffin, William Hall
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the campanile of the Duomo (on the right) and Catherine Cornaro's Castle (on the left). A photograph taken from Mrs Bronson's house at Asolo.
'Pippa passes.' Venezia. Chiesa de' Frari. Monumento a Canova (Eseguito col disegno del medesimo). Photographer: Alinari Fratelli
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Head-on view to the pyramidal Canova memorial in the Church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice. The sculptor is actually buried in his birthplace of Possagno. This monument, originally intended for Titian, was designed by him.
'La Saisiaz.' Geneve and La Salève. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of the city and lakefront, with the Duke of Brunswick's monument in the foreground and part of the Grand Hotel de la Paix visible on the right overlooking the square. Mont Salève rises on the skyline in the distance. The massive monument is the mausol...
'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
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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.' ...
'Pippa passes.' Venezia. Chiesa di S. Maria de' Frari. La Navata minore col Monumento a Canova. Photographer: Alinari Fratelli
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View looking along the small nave in the church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, with a side view of the Canova memorial in the foreground.