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
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 / 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
Large EAD
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AAG.GCA
AAG
Record ID
ebl-1643208220039-1643210189009-0