[Villa Gamberaia, Bagnaia, Lazio, Italy. (LOC)
Johnston, Frances Benjamin,, 1864-1952,, photographer.
[Villa Gamberaia, Bagnaia, Lazio, Italy. Grotto]
[1925 summer]
1 photograph : glass lantern slide, hand-colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.
Notes:
Site History. House Architecture: Zanobi Lapi, 1610- 1630. Landscape:
Zanobi Lapi and others, from 1610. Also, water terrace created on
south parterre by Princess Jeanne Ghyka and Martino Porcinai from
1896. Other: Baroness Clemens August von Ketteler owned the villa in
1925. Today: Public site.
On slide: Yellow-gold star sticker.
On slide (printed): "Edward Van Altena" and "71-79 W.
45th St., N.Y.C." (slide manufacturer).
Slide for lecturing on "Old World Gardens."
Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011.
Forms part of: Garden and historic house lecture series in the Frances
Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
Published in Gardens for a Beautiful America / Sam Watters. New York:
Acanthus Press, 2012. Plate 197.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.16475
Call Number: LC-J717-X104- 19
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