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Call Number:

PH-01638

Collection Name:

Giorgio Sommer Photography Collection

Creator:

Sommer, Giorgio, 1834-1914 (1834 - 1914)

No. of Items:

7 items

Span Dates:

circa 1865-1894

Description:

The collection consists of seven albumen prints by Giorgio Sommer (German-Italian, 1834-1914). Select item-level information follows.

964:0728:0001 -- L'Eruzione del Vesuvio. 26 Aprile 1872 ore 5. PM. [The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius], 1872. Albumen print, 18 x 24.6 cm;
964:0728:0002 -- Napoli. Riviera di Chiaia, circa 1872. Albumen print, 19.9 x 25 cm;
964:0728:0003 -- Sorrento Hotel Tramontano ou Naquit Torquato Tasso, circa 1870. Albumen print, 11.5 x 19.9 cm;
964:0728:0004 -- Vitznau, Schnurtobelbrucke, 1894 or earlier. Albumen print, 19.8 x 25.7 cm;
964:0728:0005 -- Bern, between 1860 and 1890. Albumen print, 25.4 x 19.9 cm;
964:0728:0006 -- Bern. Rathhaus, between 1860 and 1890. Albumen print19.8 x 25.2 cm;
964:0728:0007 -- Napoli Vesuvio. Cratere [Mt. Vesuvius], 1892. Albumen print, 24.3 x 19.1 cm.

Accession No(s):

964:0728:0001-0007

Location(s):

S Box, Medium (964:0728:0001-0006)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Sommer, Giorgio, 1834-1914 (1834 - 1914)
Title	L'Eruzione del Vesuvio. 26 Aprile 1872 ore 5. PM.
Date	26 April 1872
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	18 x 24.6 cm; 7 1/10 x 9 7/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0728:0001

Artist/Maker	Sommer, Giorgio, 1834-1914 (1834 - 1914)
Title	Napoli. Riviera di Chiaia
Date	circa 1872
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	19.9 x 25 cm; 7 4/5 x 9 4/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0728:0002

Artist/Maker	Sommer, Giorgio, 1834-1914 (1834 - 1914)
Title	Sorrento Hotel Tramontano ou Naquit Torquato Tasso
Date	circa 1870
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	11.5 x 19.9 cm; 4 1/2 x 7 4/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0728:0003

Artist/Maker	Sommer, Giorgio, 1834-1914 (1834 - 1914)
Title	Vitznau. Schnurtobeibrucke
Date	1894 or earlier
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	19.8 x 25.7 cm; 7 4/5 x 10 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0728:0004

Artist/Maker	Sommer, Giorgio, 1834-1914 (1834 - 1914)
Title	Bern
Date	between 1860 and 1890
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	25.4 x 19.9 cm; 10 x 7 4/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0728:0005

Artist/Maker	Sommer, Giorgio, 1834-1914 (1834 - 1914)
Title	Bern: Rathhaus
Date	between 1860 and 1890
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	19.8 x 25.2 cm; 7 4/5 x 9 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0728:0006

Artist/Maker	Sommer, Giorgio, 1834-1914 (1834 - 1914)
Title	Napoli Vesuvio. Cratere
Date	1892
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	24.3 x 19.1 cm; 9 3/5 x 7 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0728:0007

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Sommer & Behles