LAGO DI COMO. Villa d'Este, Cascate di ercole, Waterfalls in the garden of Villa d'Este on Lake Como, photograph, number: '7035.', Como, c. 1875 - c. 1900, photographer, Lombardy, paper, pasteboard, albumen print, height 202 mm x width 249 mm, water-works in garden, Cernobbio, Villa d'Este (Cernobbio), A wide sepia-toned photograph shows a formal building facade with ornate carved panels and archways flanking a central stairway that leads up to a terrace and a long narrow reflecting pool or canal framed by hedges and statues; tall slender obelisks topped with spherical finials rise above the roofline at intervals, and sculpted figures are placed in recessed niches on the facade and along the central axis; beyond the terrace a colonnaded pavilion or arch frames the distant end of the water feature, and dense tree-covered hills and a rocky cliff rise in the background, while a trimmed lawn and a curved path occupy the foreground.
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LAGO DI COMO. Villa d'Este, Cascate di ercole, Waterfalls in the garden of Villa d'Este on Lake Como, photograph, number: '7035.', Como, c. 1875 - c. 1900, photographer, Lombardy, paper, pasteboard, albumen print, height 202 mm x width 249 mm, water-works in garden, Cernobbio, Villa d'Este (Cernobbio), A wide sepia-toned photograph shows a formal building facade with ornate carved panels and archways flanking a central stairway that leads up to a terrace and a long narrow reflecting pool or canal framed by hedges and statues; tall slender obelisks topped with spherical finials rise above the roofline at intervals, and sculpted figures are placed in recessed niches on the facade and along the central axis; beyond the terrace a colonnaded pavilion or arch frames the distant end of the water feature, and dense tree-covered hills and a rocky cliff rise in the background, while a trimmed lawn and a curved path occupy the foreground.

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Lago Di Como Villa d'Este Cascate di ercole Waterfalls garden Lake Como photograph number 7035 Como c 1875 - c 1900 photographer Lombardy paper pasteboard albumen print height 202 mm x width 249 mm water-works Cernobbio wide sepia-toned photograph formal building facade ornate carved panels archways flanking central stairway leads up terrace long narrow reflecting pool canal framed hedges statues tall slender obelisks topped spherical finials rise roofline intervals sculpted figures placed recessed niches facade central axis beyond colonnaded pavilion arch frames distant water feature dense tree-covered hills rocky cliff rise background trimmed lawn curved path occupy foreground

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