Caption

View of Ventimiglia, Vintimille, photograph, page, photographer: Louis-Alphonse Davanne, Italy, c. 1852 - in or before 1862, paper, albumen print, height 125 mm x width 197 mm, city-view in general, 'veduta', Ventimiglia, A sepia-toned photograph shows a cliffside town with stone buildings perched along steep rocky terrain, including a multi-story structure with arched openings and a taller tower with a domed roof on the left, a long stone wall running horizontally across the lower part of the scene with evenly spaced short posts along its top, rough rocky slopes and terraces beneath the wall, and large layered rock formations and vegetation on the right where the cliff face drops away.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A98_005

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40.3Mb (9.1Mb) / 14.6in x 10.8in / 4366 x 3228 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Ventimiglia Vintimille photograph page photographer Louis-Alphonse Davanne Italy c 1852 - 1862 paper albumen print height 125 mm x width 197 mm city-view general veduta sepia-toned photograph cliffside town stone buildings perched steep rocky terrain multi-story structure arched openings taller tower domed roof left long stone wall running horizontally across lower part scene evenly spaced short posts top rough rocky slopes terraces beneath wall large layered rock formations vegetation right cliff face drops away