Piazza of San Lorenzo (Florence). Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view, looking across the square towards the church, with a few street traders gathered around the statue in the foreground. Unidentified work of a professional photographer.
'The Ring and the Book.' Rome. The Corso from Piazza Colonna to Piazza del Popolo. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the busy street, crowded with pedestrians and carriages: 'The Piazza Colonna is seen — in part — to the left in the foreground. In the distance is seen the obelisk of the P. del Popolo, the arch of the gate and a tower of the church of S...
'The Ring and the Book.' View up the Corso, Arezzo. Photographer: Griffin, William Hall
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Snapshot view looking along the Corso, with a lengthy note relating the street to incidents in 'The Ring and the Book.' '…The turning to the right immediately below the church leads to the Piazza Vasari…'
'The Ring and the Book.' Pompilia's home, Arezzo. Photographer: Griffin, William Hall
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along a paved street in Arezzo, with a lengthy note in Hall Griffin's hand, relating the scene to Browning's poem: 'No trace of the Franceschini palace can be found. Indeed at the date 1698 — as the trial shows — the family was so poor that th...