Add MS 74790

HALL GRIFFIN PHOTOGRAPHS. Vol. III (ff. 100). Black-and-white photographs, with commentary, quotations and pen-and-ink maps, of the settings and related subjects for Browning’s poems Pippa Passes, Andrea del Sarto, Fra Lippo Lippi and La Saisiaz, and postcards to illustrate The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

1. ff. 1-38. Pippa Passes. Photographs and notes of and relating to the ancient Venetian city of Asolo, the setting for Pippa Passes, written after Browning’s first visit there in 1838, and of the surrounding area including the villages of Orcana and Possagno, and of Canova’s studio in Possagno.

B.M. numbering: 1937-12-23-5 (1-37).

2. ff. 39-49. Andrea del Sarto. Photographs and notes mostly of and concerning the artist’s paintings.

B.M. numbering: 1937-12-23-6 (1-10).

3. ff. 50-62. Fra Lippo Lippi. Photographs and notes of paintings by various artists.

B.M. numbering: 1937-12-23-7 (1-12).

4. ff. 63-85. La Saisiaz. Photographs and notes of and concerning the chalet of La Saisiaz, near Geneva, where Browning stayed in 1877, and of the surrounding area: Collange sous Salève; the mountain La Salève; the Arve and Rhone valley, and Geneva.

B.M. numbering: 1937-12-23-8 (1-21).

5. ff. 86-100. The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Black-and-white and coloured postcards of Hamelin (Hameln).

B.M. numbering: 1937-12-23-9 (1-14).

includes:

• ff. 2-17, 25-34 Asolo, Italy: Annotated photographs of Asolo: circa 1900.
• ff. 18-24, 38 Possagno, Italy: Annotated photographs of Possagno: circa 1900.
• ff. 20, 22-24, 36-37 Antonio Canova, sculptor: Art. Miscellaneous: Photographs of his studio and temple in Possagno and of his tomb in Venice: circa 1900.
• f. 35 Art. Portraits: Caterina Corner, Queen of Cyprus: Titian, painter, draughtsman and printmaker: Portrait by Titian of Caterina Corner: circa 1542: Photogr. circa 1900.
• ff. 36-37 Venice: Annotated photographs of buildings and monuments in Venice: circa 1900.
• ff. 42-46, 49 Art. Miscellaneous: Andrea del Sarto, painter and draughtsman: Paintings by Del Sarto: early 16th cent.: Photogr. circa 1900.
• f. 47 Leonardo da Vinci: Art. Portraits: Self portrait by Leonardo da Vinci: early 16th cent.: Photogr. circa 1900.
• f. 48 Art. Portraits: Giorgio Vasari, painter, architect and writer: Self-portrait by Giorgio Vasari: mid 16th cent.: Photogr. circa 1900.
• f. 51 Art. Miscellaneous: Masaccio, artist: Florentine Frescoes by Masaccio: circa 1427: Photogr. circa 1900.
• f. 52 Art. Miscellaneous: Orcagna, painter, sculptor and architect: 'Triumph of Death', painting by Orcagna: mid 14th cent.: Photogr. circa 1900.
• ff. 54, 55, 60, 62 Art. Miscellaneous: Fra Filippo Lippi, artist: 'Coronation of the Virgin', painting by Fra Filippo Lippi: 1439-1447: Photogr. circa 1900.
• f. 57 Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Art. Portraits: Cimabue, painter and mosaicist: Portrait of the Virgin and Child by Cimabue: late 13th cent.: Photogr. circa 1900.
• ff. 65-85 Art. Photographs: City of Geneva: Photographs of Geneva and the surrounding area: circa 1900.
• f. 68 Anne Eliza Egerton Smith: Photograph of her grave: circa 1900.
• ff. 87-100 Art. Photographs: Hamelin, Hanover: Photographs and postcards of Hamelin: circa 1900.