Historic buildings - Italy

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Crombie, George, active 1900

Reference: PA4-1220

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Colloseum, Rome, taken by [George] Crombie Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Colloseum, Rome; Backing board recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Backing board recto - left of image - Crombie - photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1928

From: Living, John Frederick, d 1978 :Photographs of the South Seas Exhibition and holidays

Reference: PA1-o-1057

Description: Commercial photographs and postcards collected on a trip to England in 1928. They include Perth Western Australia, the Suez Canal, Port said and Cairo in Egypt, Naples and Pompei in Italy, Toulon and Paris in France as well as a group showing the interiors of the Royal Palace at Fontainebleau, Windsor Castle, St Albans, Stratford on Avon, and Oxford in England. There is a photograph of the liner "Osterly", and others showing its first class public rooms. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Crombie, George, active 1900

Reference: PA4-1176

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of The Palazza Vecchio, Florence, taken by [Geo] Crombie, ca 1900. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Palazza Vecchio, Florence; Backing board recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Backing board recto - left of image - Crombie - photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Crombie, George, active 1900

Reference: PA4-1238

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Colonnade, St Peters, Rome, taken by [George] Crombie Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - The Colonnade, St Peters Rome; Backing board recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Backing board recto - left of image - Crombie - photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1930

By: Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961; Mitchell, Frank Keith, 1928-2019; Mitchell, Victor Leonard William, 1925-1980

Reference: A-353-014

Description: Shows a view of the Ponte Vecchio over the Arno River in Florence. There is a rowboat in the left foreground, and one bridge arch and part of another one, are shown at the right. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, 170 x 187 mm. Provenance: Donated by Frank Mitchell in 2002; formerly owned by V Leonard W Mitchell, the donor's brother.

Date: 1884

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :Italy 1884

Reference: E-352-q-034/035

Description: Shows view of River Arno with bridge across, boats, and buildings on either side. A man with staff stands at left. Other Titles - Florence Extended Title - from his sketchbook, Italy 1884. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] E.A.Williams was in New Zealand during the mid 1860s, directing the Tauranga-Waikato and Taranaki campaigns of the New Zealand Wars Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, crayon and watercolour 150 x 480 mm.

From: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925 :Pencil and watercolour drawings 1868-1891

Reference: E-326-f-139-2

Description: View looking up from the patio to the cloisters and tower of the Badia monastery Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - M L Harper; Recto - bottom right - In the cloister a the Badia Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching 118 x 80 nm

Date: ca 1900

From: Page Collection :Christchurch and general New Zealand towns and scenes; costume. ca. 1880-1910

By: Kilburn, B W, active 1900

Reference: PA4-0742

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Pompeii, Italy, taken by B W Kilburn ca 1900 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Pompeii, Italy; Verso - Photographed and published by B W Kilburn - Littleton, N.H. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Crombie, George, active 1900

Reference: PA4-1228

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Doges Palace Venice, taken by [Geo] Crombie, ca 1900. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - The Doges Palace, Venice; Backing board recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Backing board recto - left of image - Crombie - photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1944

From: Searell, Luscombe Arthur :Albums of photographs of 2NZEF in Lebanon, Western Desert and Italy

Reference: PA1-o-944

Description: Record of the events and sights of Italy taken or collected during the Italian campaign of 1944. There are also some photographs of family and friends from New Zealand. These include hand made carpets executed by Searell's Aunt Eileen, and a photograph of the wedding of Winston Easterbrooke-Smith and Joan Wallerman (Joan Francis Stevens) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1939-1945]

From: Martin, Robert Thomas, 1921-2006: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1935

Description: Photograph album containing commercial tourist print sets of Italian cities, circa 1939-1945, collected and compiled by Thomas Martin during his service in World War II. Images from Venice include buildings and sites such as Santa Maria della Salute, various views of St Mark’s Basilica and St Mark’s Square, Doge’s Palace, The Bridge of Sighs, scenes along the Grand Canal, Rialto Bridge, The Ponte dell'Accademi, San Giorgio Maggiore Island, and Ca’ D’Oro. Images from Milan include the Duomo di Malano cathedral (including door detail), Milano Centrale railway station (exterior and interior stairway), Arena Civica, Porta Sempione city gate, interior of Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele II, Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio (including cloister), interior of La Scala, painting Leonardo Da Vinci’s 'The Last Supper', Raphael Urbinas 'Le Mariage de la Vierge', Pora Tincinese and city beyond, Sforza Castle, a fountain with a [Franciscan?] monk statue, and the monument to King Victor Emmanuel II in Piazza del Duomo with the façade of Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele II in the background. Florence images show the Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore), Florence Baptistery (including ‘Gates of Paradise’), Arno river (with gondola), Ponto Vecchio, city view from [Monte alle Croci?], courtyards, statues, fountains street scenes, Palazzo Vecchio, Basilica of Stana Croce, Giotto’s Capanile, Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Palazzo Pitti, Fountain of Neptune, and Loggia dei Lanzi. Image of Rome show the Colosseum, Altare della Patria (National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II), Corso Vittorio Emanuele I, Castel Sant'Angelo, Tiber River and bridges, St Peter’s Basilica, view from Janiculum Hill, Roman Forum, Piazza di Popolo, Fountain of the Naiads, Trajan’s Column, Capitoline Hill, and Foro Mussolini [Foro Italico]. Lake Como images feature communes Ballagio (including street scenes, shore front), Cadenabbia, Argegno, Menaggio, Tremezzo (also Villa Carlotta), Brunate, Ossuccio, Varene, Torno, Isola Comacina, Como Cathedral, Nesso, Villa D’Este, and Cernobbio, San Martino church, and Punta Barbianello at Leno. Also includes copy of image of the 4th General Hospital and Associated Field Ambulances Reunion in Palmerston North, New Zealand, circa 1970s. Arrangement: Donor identified item as "Item G. Places he visited in Italy + Photo last page 4th General hospital reunion 1970" [sic] Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 101 silver gelatin photoprints. Physical Description: Brown leather embossed album bound with string, 16 x 22 cm

Date: [ca 1930s-1945]

From: Martin, Robert Thomas, 1921-2006: Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1193

Description: Photograph album containing commercial tourist photographic and photomechanical images of Italian cities and sights, circa 1930s to 1945. Collected by Robert Thomas Martin at locations he was stationed during his service during World War II. Images show scenes and sights from Trieste, Grado, S. Amrino, Padova, Venezia Lido, and Fabriano. Some images have a blue tint. Arrangement: Donor identified item as "Items F Purchase pictures of places he was stationed [sic]". Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 19 silver gelatin photoprints and 33 photomechanical prints. Physical Description: Loose album pages, 36 x 23 cm

Date: 1945 - 1946

By: Tipografia Nazionale (Florence, Italy)

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WII-Italy-1945/1946-01/02

Description: Two pamphlets issued for Allied troops spending time in Florence. Includes a map of central Florence on one side, and listings of cinemas & theatres, clubs & canteens (including special listing of the New Zealand YMCA All Ranks Club at 10 Via del Sole "for NZ Officers & OR only"), shops, education, church services, dancing and sports. The front cover of each pamphlet shows the same illustration of the Palazzo Vecchio, the town hall of Florence, that overlookd the Piazza della Signoria. AWS may be an acronym for Allied War Service, or Allied Welfare Service. Quantity: 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief prints on sheets, 210 x 575 mm. folded to 210 x 145 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Bernadette Chambers, Wellington, in 2013.

Date: 1884

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :Italy 1884

Reference: E-352-q-045

Description: View along the Tiber seen through a stone structure, possibly an archway or window, with vegetation in the left foreground, the Ponte Sant'Angelo with Bernini's sculptures visible in the middle ground and the domes of Saint Peter's in the background. Extended Title - from his sketchbook, Italy 1884. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - too high [the artist's note to himself about the proportions of St Peter's]; Recto - bottom left - Wednesday E.A.Williams was in New Zealand during the mid 1860s, directing the Tauranga-Waikato and Taranaki campaigns of the New Zealand Wars Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, crayon and watercolour 150 x 480 mm.

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Crombie, George, active 1900

Reference: PA4-1240

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Ancient Statuary Forum, Rome, taken by [George] Crombie Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Ancient Statuary Forum, Rome; Backing board recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Backing board recto - left of image - Crombie - photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

From: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925 :Pencil and watercolour drawings 1868-1891

Reference: E-326-f-139-1

Description: The tower and surroundings of the Palazzo Vecchio Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - M L Harper Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, 127 x 72 mm

Date: 1884

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :Italy 1884

Reference: E-352-q-040/041

Description: Shows busy town square with people, carriages and horses, an obelisk, and the archway of the Porto del Popolo, as well as other buildings including churches. Other Titles - Square and Gate of the People Extended Title - from his sketchbook, Italy 1884. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - [Title] E.A.Williams was in New Zealand during the mid 1860s, directing the Tauranga-Waikato and Taranaki campaigns of the New Zealand Wars Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 150 x 480 mm.

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Crombie, George, active 1900

Reference: PA4-1255

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Forum, Rome, taken by [George] Crombie Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - The Forum, Rome; Backing board recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Backing board recto - left of image - Crombie - photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1921

By: Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961; Mitchell, Frank Keith, 1928-2019; Mitchell, Victor Leonard William, 1925-1980

Reference: A-353-013

Description: Shows a street scene in Perugia, Italy, with stone archways across the street which is lined with stone buildings of three or more storeys. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - ELLIS PERUGIA Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, 127 x 150 mm. Provenance: Donated by Frank Mitchell in 2002; formerly owned by V Leonard W Mitchell, the donor's brother.

Date: ca 1900

From: Page Collection :Christchurch and general New Zealand towns and scenes; costume. ca. 1880-1910

By: Kilburn, B W, active 1900

Reference: PA4-0740

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Campo Santo, Genoa, Italy, taken by B W Kilburn ca 1900 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Campo Santo, Genoa Italy; Verso - Photographed and published by B W Kilburn - Littleton, N.H. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print