Album of photographs of Italy, Austria, and elsewhere, 1850-1860

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MS. 23051 photogr. 85

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Disbound photographic album of 97 views in Italy, Greece, Hungary, Malta, France, Germany, and Austria. Includes views of Florence, Pisa, Verona, Turin, Milan, Genoa, Venice, Ischtl, Gratz, Salzkammergut, Gosau, Vienna, Valetta, Athens, Nice, Dresden, and Budapest.

Dates

Creation: 1850-1860

Extent

97 items

Language of Materials

English

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This material is light-sensitive. To ensure its availability to future readers, access to this item is restricted, and requires specialist support. Readers are asked to work from reproductions and published descriptions as far as possible. To apply to see the original, please send a message to specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk, outlining the subject of your research, the importance of this material to that research, and the resources you have already consulted. Please also tell us about the timeframe for your project, if any, and when you hope to visit.

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MS. 23051 photogr. 85

Former reference:

Wilson Centre Accession Number: 89:3905; Wilson Centre Accession Number 2: TC 254

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Andreas Groll was an Austrian photographer who taught at the Vienna Polytechnic Institute. He opened a studio in Vienna which specialised in architectural studies.

Adolphe Godard was born in Bernay and began taking photographs in the French Pyrenees in the 1850s. He opened a studio in Genoa in 1856.

Leopolod Alinari was the fouder of the Fratelli Alinari photographic studio, with his brothers, where they focused on potraits and publishing. Most of their photographs dipicted daily life in Florence.