[View from a Window of the Vittoria Hotel, Naples.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View taken from an elevated vantage point looking down on the entrance to the Villa Reale, with a row of buildings along the right and surrounding hills in the distance. Chemistry float-applied on paper 193 x 235 mm. Watermarked 'J Whatman 1846'.
[From the East Marina, near Piazza Mercantile, Naples.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '127'. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View along a coastal street with buildings of various heights on the right. Towards the left there is a row of timber, and partial view of ships. On the skyline Vomero Hill is visible. Paper trimmed to siz...
Hercules Subduing Cacus by Bandinelli, Florence. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Inscription: 51. Hercules Subduing Cacus by Bandinelli, Florence. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Sculpture of a standing Hercules holding the head of the crouching Cacus. Open-air sculpture with walled entrance visible behind. Watermarked 'J Whatman 1846'. Image used as plate 4 in Nicolaas H...
Cathedral, Catania. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
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Inscription: Inscribed on recto from negative: 'Bridges/ Cathedral/ Catania/ No 39' and on verso: '439'. Genre: Architectural Photography Taken from the piazza, it shows the rear view of the Fontana dell'Elefante with the cathedral behind. Positive print of one of the 73 negatives sent to Talb...
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.
Interieur de l'Eglise Notre Dame, Tombeau de Charles le 2ème & Eaire. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
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Inscription: Inscribed underneath photograph: .D. Braun á Dornach (Ht. Rhin). On verso: written in hand 'Bought in 1867, Interieur de l'Eglise Notre Dame, Tombeau de Charles le 2ème & Eaire. No. 4136', printed with the photographer's stamp containing a coat of arms and 'Bruges'. Genre: Arc...
Reliquary of Shrine at Bruges. The work (I think) of Hanns Memling. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
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Inscription: Inscribed in the bottom right: 'A.D. Braun á Dornach (Ht. Rhin). On verso: written in hand 'Reliquary of Shrine at Bruges. The work (I think) of Hanns Memling. Bought 1867' and printed with the photographer's stamp containing a coat of arms. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Carte...
Cathédrale d'Anvers from the 'Place Virte' with Statue of Rubens. Photographer: Unknown
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Inscription: Handwritten on verso: 'Cathédrale d'Anvers from the 'Place Virte' with Statue of Rubens. Bought 1867'. Genre: Architectural Photography Carte de visite showing elevated view across square towards the cathedral, with the sculpture of Rubens hidden behind trees. From envelope marked...
[Mrs Shakespear.] Photographer: Rolfe, Alexander Frederick A T
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'By Rolfe's/ Portrait Studio/ 4 Haymarket/ London'. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Carte de visite, oval photograph of miniature painting depicting head and shoulders of a woman. Photograph was attached to accompanying letter inventory number 31271 (copy encl...
Bust of Patroclus. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Head-on view of the sculpture with the bottom slightly cropped; a larger variant included in some issues of 'The Pencil of Nature,' after the original negative was damaged. Chemistry float-applied on paper 223 x 185 mm. This print has the least amount of contras...
