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Fontana delle Tartarughe: a close-up view showing the fountain's namesake tortoises.

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Fontana delle Tartarughe: a close-up view showing the fountain's namesake tortoises.
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Object Details

Sculptor

Landini, Taddeo

Architect

Della Porta, Giacomo, 1532-1602

Lantern slide maker

Williams, Brown & Earle, Inc.

Collection Creator

Garden Club of America

Collection Citation

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
sova.aag.gca_ref4292

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6b89ca395-0c66-4585-ba55-1bc9b90a17d4

General

The fountain's design features four youths, each holding a tortoise (tartarughe) that drinks from the basin above.
Mount reads: "[photographer of image published in postcard: Anderson; photographer of glass plate image of post card: Lewis?] Williams, Brown & Earle, Inc., 918 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa."
Historic plate caption: "[manuscript text on label:] LEWIS [photographer?]; Fountain of the [...?] detail; Rome [text printed on plate, visible from verso:] 24960; Roma; Particolare della Fontana della Tartarughe. G. della Porta. Ripr. Int. Anderson.

Place

Italy -- Rome
Fontana delle Tartarughe (Rome, Italy)
Italy -- Lazio Region -- Rome

Topic

Lily ponds
Fences -- wrought iron
Sculpture
Turtles -- Design elements
Boys -- Design elements
Fountains

Sculptor

Landini, Taddeo

Architect

Della Porta, Giacomo, 1532-1602

Lantern slide maker

Williams, Brown & Earle, Inc.

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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 2: International Garden Images / Italy / IT013: Rome -- Fontana delle Tartarughe

Sponsor

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Extent

1 Photograph (lantern slide, hand-colored)

Date

[between 1900 and 1930]

Archival Repository

Archives of American Gardens

Identifier

AAG.GCA, Item IT013002

Type

Archival materials
Photographs
Lantern slides

Collection Rights

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Genre/Form

Lantern slides

Collection Restrictions

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
AAG.GCA_ref4292
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6b89ca395-0c66-4585-ba55-1bc9b90a17d4
AAG.GCA
AAG

Record ID

ebl-1643208220039-1643210189009-0

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