Add MS 74788

HALL GRIFFIN PHOTOGRAPHS. Vol. I (ff. 82).

1. ff. 1-57. Photographs and notes mostly of and related to Arezzo, Rome, Perugia and Castelnuovo, but also of ‘the square old yellow book’ relating the story of the trial and execution of Count Guido Franceschini for the murder of his wife, which Browning purchased in 1860 from the square of San Lorenzo in Florence (for which there are also photographs) and which suggested the poem. Additional quotations from Fra Lippo Lippi, The Statue and the Bust, and from Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poem Casa Guidi Windows.

B.M. numbering: 1937-12-23-2 (1-54).

2. ff. 58-82. Photographs and notes of Rome, Florence, Assisi and Lake Trasimene. Additional quotations from Casa Guidi Windows.

B.M. numbering: 1937-12-23-3 (1-24).

includes:

• ff. 20, 23 Art. Miscellaneous: Baccio Bandinelli, sculptor and painter: Giovanni delle Bande Nere, father of Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany: Equestrian statue by Baccio Bandinelli of Giovanni delle Bande Nere: circa 1540: Photogr. circa 1900.
• f. 41 Innocent XII; Pope: Art. Portraits: Engraved portrait of Innocent XII: circa 1700: Photogr. circa 1900.
• ff. 44-45 Perugia, Italy: Annotated photographs of Perugia: circa 1900.
• ff. 50-56 Castelnuovo di Porto, Italy: Annotated photographs of Castelnuovo di Porto: circa 1900.
• f. 57 Art. Miscellaneous: Fra Filippo Lippi, artist: 'Coronation of the Virgin', painting by Fra Filippo Lippi: 1439-1447: Photogr. circa 1900.
• f. 59 Carlo Maratti, artist: Photograph of his tomb: circa 1900.
• f. 67 Art. Miscellaneous: Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, sculptor: Triton fountain sculpture by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini: 1642-1643: Photogr. circa 1900.
• ff. 71-72 Assisi, Italy: Annotated photographs of Assisi: circa 1900.
• f. 76 Art. Portraits: Agnolo Bronzino, painter and poet: Bartolomeo Panciatichi, Florentine aristocrat and poet: Portrait by Agnolo Bronzino of Bartolomeo Panciatichi: circa 1540: Photogr. circa 1900.