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Romualdo Moscioni

The second photographer is Romualdo Moscioni. The PEH collection has a red bound photo album entitled ‘Roma’. The book in the PEH archives has a front end plate that serves as an advertisement for his business. The business is located on the Via Condotti. He moved to this location in 1889.

Giorgio Sommer

The first is Giorgio Sommer (1834-1914). The PEH collection has a large black bound photo album. His work began in the 1850s. He had a preference for stereoscopic formates and cates de visite which he abandoned after the 1860s. Later favoured formats include ‘medium’ 21 b 27cm and ‘large’ 28 by 38cm.¹

The photographs that I was examining fell into the later category, and so can be assumed to have a date after the 1860s. After his death, his glass negatives were destroyed (around 1916). Therefore, the prints had to be made before then.

In terms of photo types, Sommer experimented with new gelatine silver bromide process during the 1890s, but mainly for people in everyday contexts. Therefore, it does not provide much evidence for the photos in the PEH collection.

Sommer’s photographs of Pompeii might have been commissioned John Henry Parker (Archaeologist). The prints of Pompeii are high quality due to the use of gold toning. His photographs are always dynamic and never static, due to a slight deviation of frontal and symmetrical shots.

Fotografia dell’Emilia

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Photographia Nessi - Como

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Ed. Alinari

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A. Esplagas

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Centro Fotografico

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Gaetano Pedo

The final photographer named is Gaetano Pedo. His stamp appears on a single looseleaf photo of Genoa. An advertisement in the PEH collections says his business was established in 1874. The stamp on the accompanying photo of Genoa says it was purchased in Rome at a Via Sistina shop. Unfortunately, Gaetano Pedo seems to have been less studied by English scholars and so I am unable to put a date to exactly when he was at this location. Geographically though, the Via Condotti and the Via Sistina are almost connected perpendicularly, with only the famous Spanish Steps, Spanish Square and the Church Trinità dei Monti between them.

Garcin

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Sophas Williams

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G. J. Phot

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Van. Lint.

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G. Pisano

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Schroeder & Cie, Zurich

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Photoglob

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T. Filippi & C. / Tomaso Filippi

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Lawrence, William

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