Add MS 74791

HALL GRIFFIN PHOTOGRAPHS. Vol. IV (ff. 85). Miscellaneous notes, maps, photographs and quotations illustrating Browning’s life and works.

1. ff. 1-38. Photographs and notes relating to Browning’s early life in England, and his Italian residences in and visits to Florence, Bellosguardo, Venice, Asolo, Arezzo and Rome, including quotations from Filippo Baldinucci and Holy Cross Day.

B.M. numbering: 1937-12-23-10 (1-37).

2. ff. 39-68. Photographs and notes illustrative of Browning’s works set in Italy, including quotations from The Statue and the Bust, Balaustion’s Adventure, Old Pictures in Florence, The Guardian Angel, The Bishop orders his Tomb, A Soul’s Tragedy and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Casa Guidi Windows.

B.M. numbering: 1937-12-23-10 (38-66).

3. ff. 69-85. Photographs of ‘the square old yellow book’, now in Balliol College, Oxford, which inspired The Ring and the Book, and of the ‘Browning MS’, also at Balliol, featuring Browning’s autograph poetry.

B.M. numbering: 1937-12-23-11 (1-15).

Venice: Annotated photographs of buildings and monuments in Venice: circa 1900.

Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Annotated photographs of buildings and monuments: circa 1900.

Asolo, Italy: Annotated photographs of Asolo: circa 1900.

includes:

• f. 5 Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Edward Hull, artist: Camberwell, Surrey: Sketch of Southampton Street in Camberwell by Edward Hull: 1898.
• f. 10 Arthur Hugh Clough, poet: Photograph of his grave: circa 1900.
• ff. 17, 27 Art. Portraits: Mrs Bronson, wife of Arthur Bronson: Photographs of Mrs Bronson and her home: circa 1900.
• f. 21 Maps and Plans: Arezzo, Italy: Plan showing location of monuments in Arezzo: circa 1900.
• f. 29 Antonio Canova, sculptor: Art. Miscellaneous: Photographs of his studio and temple in Possagno and of his tomb in Venice: circa 1900.
• ff. 32, 35 Art. Portraits: Caterina Corner, Queen of Cyprus: Titian, painter, draughtsman and printmaker: Portrait by Titian of Caterina Corner: circa 1542: Photogr. circa 1900.
• f. 34 Art. Miscellaneous: Henry Bacup, artist: Funeral of Robert Browning, painting by Henry Bacup: circa 1889: Photogr. circa 1900.
• ff. 40-41 Ferdinand I; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Art. Portraits: Giambologna, sculptor: Equestrian statue of Ferdinand I by Giambologna: circa 1600: Photogr. circa 1900.
• f. 45 Art. Miscellaneous: Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton; PRA: 'Hercules wrestling for the body of Alcestis with Death', painting by Frederic Leighton: 1871: Photogr. circa 1900.
• f. 51 Art. Miscellaneous: Benvenuto Cellini: Bronze statue of Perseus by Benvenuto Cellini: 1545-1554: Photogr. circa 1900.
• f. 63 Heraldry: Franceschini family: Seymour Stocker Kirkup, artist; d.1880: Arms of Franceschini family drawn by Seymour Stocker Kirkup: 1868: Copy and Photogr.
• ff. 65-66 Art. Miscellaneous: Guercino, painter and draughtsman: 'Guardian Angel', painting by Guercino: mid 17th cent.: Photogr. circa 1900.
• f. 68 Faenza, Italy: Photograph of Faenza: circa 1900.