[Villa Gamberaia, Settignano, Tuscany, Italy. (LOC)

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

 

[Villa Gamberaia, Settignano, Tuscany, Italy. Yew hedge]

 

[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).

 

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.16506

 

Call Number: LC-J717-X104- 50

 

 

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