Accession number:
PML 195926
Published:
between 1880 and 1900?
Description:
1 album (45 photoprints) : b&w, multiple processes ; 34 cm
Credit:
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Items are loosely laid in between album leaves.
Binding:
Vellum photo album with flap binding and leather ties, by Giulio Giannini of Firenze.
Inscriptions/Markings:
Many of the prints inscribed in pencil on verso with notes identifying the subject of the photograph.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Collection of 45 commercial photoprints and collotypes; chiefly views of archaeological sites, landscapes, scenic natural features, and architectural, artistic, and topographic subjects in Italy, Switzerland, and France, here compiled and assembled into an album by the former owner. Several of the individual prints bear the names of the photographic studios responsible for their publication, including G. Incorpora Palermo, Photoglob, Ed. Peigné, O. Nikles, and Edizioni Brogi, among others.
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