Rhododendron flowers in vase

**Fratelli Alinari ~** Rhododendron Veitchii [Susana Stephens garden]. Florence, ca. 1860. Albumen print | src Ader

**Fratelli Alinari ~** Rhododendron Veitchii, ca. 1860. Albumen print [DETAIL]

**Fratelli Alinari ~** Rhododendron Veitchii, ca. 1860. Albumen print [DETAIL-2]

Ragazzo travestito da ragazza

Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856-1931) ~ Boy [Giacomo Lanfranchi] dressed as a girl, with cloak of cloth over head, Taormina, Sicily, 1906. Albumen silver print from glass negative | src The Met

Wilhelm von Gloeden ~ [Boy dressed as girl in Gypsy lace shawl], ca. 1900 | src Palmer Museum of Art of The Pennsylvania State University

Aristocratic hand · 1870s-1890s

Une Main de Mandarin annamite, ca. 1890 (nr. 72). Planté éditeur (Saigon)

**Émile Gsell** ~ Main d’Annamite, Annam, Cochinchina, ca. 1870, woodburytype. (alternative caption)
Unghie aristocratiche di un mandarino annamita, Indochina, ca. 1870. | src Collezione Molinario

72 – Une main de Mandarin Annamite. Planté, éditeur, Saigon

Ongles aristocratiques d’une main d’un mandarin annamite, Indochine, ca. 1890. Tirage albuminé. | src Yann Le Mouel · IG
Attributed to Emile Gsell on annona.de

Fratelli Alinari · Julhes aerostat

Fratelli Alinari: A Photographic Tradition

The exhibition celebrated 150 years of Fratelli Alinari, the renowned photographic studio that documented the changing cultural and social landscape of Italy from the mid-nineteenth century.

The firm was founded in Florence in 1854 by the brothers Leopoldo, Giuseppe and Romualdo Alinari at a time when standards of photography and techniques of reproduction were being revolutionised. It quickly established an eminent reputation through its iconic images of Tuscan towns and cities, and following unification – when Florence was briefly the capital of Italy – politicians, intellectuals and royalty all visited the studio to have their portraits taken. At the other end of the spectrum are their striking images of working class life and gritty street scenes.

These beautiful photographs featured in the exhibition vividly trace Italy’s relatively late transition from a rural economy to an industrialised nation, capturing a pivotal era in Italian history. | quoted from: Estorick Collection [x]

**Fratelli Alinari ~** Mister Julhes’ ascension in a balloon, Florence, 1905. From: Italy : one hundred years of photography (Susan Sontag and Cesare Colombo), 1988 (page 60) | src internet archive

Vesuvio in eruzione · 1895

Edizione Esposito ~ Vesuvius in Eruption, 1895. Albumen print. Object No. 2011.215 | src The History of Photography

Notes; titled in the negative at bottom: “61. Il Vesuvio Cratere in eruzione 1895 / (Edizione Esposito).”

Il Vesuvio ~ Cratere in eruzione, 1895 | Detail showing crater and climber on far left side

The Brighton Cats · Henry Pointer

**The infant School** ~ The Brighton Cats (1865-1872) ~ Henry Pointer (1822 – 1889) Albumen silver print. Photographic card

**Darby & Joan ~** The Brighton Cats (1865-1872) ~ Henry Pointer (1822 – 1889) Albumen silver print. Photographic card

**A happy new year ~** The Brighton Cats (1865-1872) ~ Henry Pointer (1822 – 1889) Albumen silver print. Photographic card

**Are those sparrows’ Tom ~** The Brighton Cats (1865-1872) ~ Henry Pointer (1822 – 1889) Albumen silver print. Photographic card

**The Début ~** The Brighton Cats (1865-1872) ~ Henry Pointer (1822 – 1889) Albumen silver print. Photographic card

**The attentive pupil ~** The Brighton Cats (1865-1872) ~ Henry Pointer (1822 – 1889) Albumen silver print. Photographic card

**I’m your Valentine ~** The Brighton Cats (1865-1872) ~ Henry Pointer (1822 – 1889) Albumen silver print. Photographic card

**Rinking at Brighton ~** The Brighton Cats (1865-1872) ~ Henry Pointer (1822 – 1889) Albumen silver print. Photographic card

**Peace and War ~** The Brighton Cats (1865-1872) ~ Henry Pointer (1822 – 1889) Albumen silver print. Photographic card

**Nine cats asleep on a porch** ~ The Brighton Cats ~ Henry Pointer (1822 – 1889) Albumen silver print. Photographic card

The Brighton cats ~ The Brighton Cats (1865-1872) ~ Henry Pointer (1822 – 1889) Albumen silver print. Photographic card

Saturday, Tom, Bull, Brownie, Mitch, Gog ~ The Brighton Cats (1865-1872) ~ Henry Pointer (1822 – 1889) Albumen silver print

**We wish you a merry Christmas ~** The Brighton Cats (1865-1872) ~ Henry Pointer (1822 – 1889) Albumen silver print

Verso of one card from the set «The Brighton Cats» | src Getty Museum

Table Rock · Cave of the Winds

**George Barker** (1844-1894) ~ [Niagara Falls], ca. 1888. Albumen silver print. View of Niagara Falls taken from the base of the falls, with large boulder in foreground and footbridge in the background. | src Getty Museum Coll.

**George Barker** (1844-1894) ~ Cave of the winds, ca. 1888. Niagara Falls with walkway in the foreground. Albumen silver print. | src Library of Congress

This Image is hosted in four American museums; three of them (Library of Congress, Getty Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art) acknowledge the authorship to George Barker. According to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art [x] this photograph is Nielson’s. In their website there is a mention to the photographer’s logo on back: “H.F. Nielson, Manuf. of all kinds of / Paper & Glass Views / Niagara Falls.”

Though the commercial market for large-scale landscape views was limited in the late 19th century, a small group of talented and savvy photographers found a lucrative niche in this genre. Herman F. Nielson, who lived most of his life in Niagara, New York, specialized in majestic tourist views of Niagara Falls. Here, Nielson depicts the American Falls (Luna Falls and Bridal Veil Falls) and the Rock of Ages. This view, or a slight variant, was reproduced in a popular guidebook at the time.

“New View Manufactory,” Niagara Falls Gazette 30:16 (October 10, 1883): n.p.

quoted from The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art [x]