[Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Lazio, Italy. (LOC)

    Johnston, Frances Benjamin,, 1864-1952,, photographer.

    [Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Lazio, Italy. Loggia of the Muses, upper court]

    [1925 summer]

    1 photograph : glass lantern slide, hand-colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.

    Notes:
     Site History. House Architecture: Giacomo (Jacopo) Barozzi da Vignola, 1568-1600. Landscape: Giacomo (Jacopo) Barozzi da Vignola and Carlo Maderno, 1568-1600. Also: Tomaso Ghinucci, fontaniere. Associated Name: Giovanni Francesco Gambara, 16th century. 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).

    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.16466

    Call Number: LC-J717-X104- 10

    Comments and faves

    1. Andrey Timofeev (6 months ago | reply)

      Wow..

    2. Photo Nut 2011 (6 months ago | reply)

      Thanks for posting more of these great old pictures. Also does the library have any of the colorized images from the Japanese Meiji period that can be posted?

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    4. swanq (3 months ago | reply)

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Lante

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