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Subject Dwellings Name Bridges, George Wilson, clergyman, photographer and traveller, 1788-1863 Digitised Content Yes (unavailable)

1. Talbot Photo 1(319)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(319)
Title:
The Biscari Palace, Catania. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '431. The Biscari Palace, Catania' [with Bridges' signature]. Genre: Architectural Photography Taken from the harbour's edge with views of sailing ships and fishing boats, it shows a section of the palace with its ornately plastered windows. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

2. Talbot Photo 1(320)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(320)
Title:
The Corso, Catania. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '29. The Corso, Catania' [with Bridges' signature]. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View taken from an upper floor window and looking along a street in Catania with its buildings of varying heights. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 1(321)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(321)
Title:
The Corso, Catania. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: [Title and Bridges's signature on verso.] Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View taken from an elevated position looking along the street below, on the right side of the street the dome of the cathedral is visible. Trimmed negative, a print from which can be found at Talbot P...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 1(322)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(322)
Title:
Saracenic House. Taormina. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '42. Saracenic House. Taormina' [with Bridges' signature]. Genre: Landscape Photography A cluster of Moorish buildings behind a stone wall, the most prominent has a flat roof which is partially crenelated and a pointed arch design; behind the village is a steep...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 1(325)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(325)
Title:
Mola, above Taormina. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in ink at top of negative: '3' with a crossed out '6'. [Title and signature on verso]. Genre: Landscape Photography General view of the buildings of Castel Mola amongst a rocky landscape and with hills along the skyline. Image size 167 x 219 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 1(333)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(333)
Title:
Theatre of Nymphaeum, Syracuse. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: [Title and Bridges's signature on verso.] Genre: Archaeological Photography A view of a hillside, which contains Greek ruins of an amphitheatre with rural dwellings built amongst them. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 1(335)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(335)
Title:
Syracuse Theatre. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: 17 [Title and Bridges' signature inscribed on verso.] Genre: Archaeological Photography Taken from the side of the pit area, it shows the terraced seating with several rural buildings that have been built amongst the ruins. The trimmed negative has been folded in half and there is...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 2(623)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(623)
Title:
Casa Inglese, Etna. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Bridges/ "Casa Inglese"/ Etna. Genre: Landscape Photography View of the volcano with running lava in the distance, with a stone house at left, outside of which stands a man with a donkey. In a letter to Talbot dated 25th August 1846, Bridges writes 'the Casa Inglese, & the Con...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1846-Aug 1846
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 2(633)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(633)
Title:
The Corso, Catania. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Bridges/ Catania/ The Corso Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View taken from an elevated position looking along the street below, on the right side of the street the dome of the cathedral is visible. Positive print of one of the 73 negatives sent to Talbot from Malta on the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1846-Sep 1846
Extent:
1 item