'The Ring and the Book.' Rome. Scene of the murders, Jan. 2 1698. Photographer: Griffin, William Hall
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards a group of conical huts: 'A view in the 'Pauline' district, outside the Porta S. Paola. Taken from the Via Paolina. The houses cease — except for a few scattered dwellings — almost as soon as the city walls are passed.'
'The Ring and the Book.' Arezzo. The road to Rome, outside Arezzo. Photographer: Griffin, William Hall
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Genre: Landscape Photography General view, looking along the tree-lined highway: 'This road begins at the Porta San Spirito, and goes along the Chiana valley to Lake Trasymene, thence beneath Perugia and Assisi on to Foligno and Rome...'
'The Ring and the Book.' Rome. A group of the Pope's Swiss Guard. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Group of four members of the Swiss Guard, in uniform and posed beside a doorway. The figure from the previous print stands at the left of the group.
'The Ring and the Book.' Porta San Spirito, Arezzo. Photographer: Griffin, William Hall
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the massive stone gateway set into the city wall. With a lengthy note in Hall Griffin's hand, relating the location to events in Browning's poem: 'The southern and chief gateway of Arezzo. The tower of the Pieve, Caponsacchi's church i...
'The Ring and the Book.' Arch of Porta S. Spirito, Arezzo. Photographer: Griffin, William Hall
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Close view, looking through the archway and along the street, towards the tower of the Pieve in the distance. With a lengthy note in Griffin Hall's hand.
'The Ring and the Book.' Piazza of San Lorenzo, Florence. Photographer: Griffin, William Hall
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards Baccio's statue and the Riccardi Palace (Palazzo Medici), taken from in front of the church of San Lorenzo. It was here that Browning purchased the 'square old yellow book' which was the inspiration for 'The Ring and the Book.' A somewhat fa...
'The Ring and the Book.' Florence. Felice Church and Casa Guidi. Photographer: Griffin, William Hall
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Similar to print 17. 'A view along the Via Mazetta…,' with the Felice Church on the left and the balcony of Casa Guidi on the right.