The property is now the home of the Académie de France à Rome.
Mount reads: "Williams, Brown & Earle, Inc., 918 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa."
Historic plate caption: "Lewis [photographer?]; Ilex tees - arched - in front of Villa Medici, Rome."
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The property is now the home of the Académie de France à Rome.
Mount reads: "Williams, Brown & Earle, Inc., 918 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa."
Historic plate caption: "Lewis [photographer?]; Walk in front of Villa Medici - Piueio Hills; Ilex trees; [...?] Liffi; Rome."
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Mount reads: "Williams, Brown & Earle, Inc., 918 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa."
Historic plate caption: "Lewis [photographer?]; Fountain in front of Pantheon - by Longhi in 1557 was added to the Obelisk in Rome."
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Mount reads: "Williams, Brown & Earle, Inc., 918 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa."
Historic plate number: "53 A."
Historic plate caption: "Lewis [photographer?]; Rome - Villa Pamphili."
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The lantern slide appears to have been produced by the Fratelli Alinari company of Florence, Italy.
Mount reads: "Fratelli Alinari (I. D. E. A.); Italia - 8 Via Nazionale 8 - Firenze. (7); Serie Artistica."
Historic plate number: "20243."
Historic plate caption: "[manuscript text on label:] Villa Paphili [printed text in image:] (Ed.?? Alinari) N.? 20243. Roma - Villa Phamphili-Doria. Il Giardino."
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After a model by Bernini - an Ethiopiam wrestling with a dolphin.
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?]; Rome - Fontana del Moro - in piazza Navona [text printed on postcard:] 312. Roma. Fontana del Moro. In piazza Navona. Anderson."
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The fountain's design features four youths, each holding a tortoise (tartarughe) that drinks from the basin above.
Mount reads: "Williams, Brown & Earle, Inc., 918 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. [photographer of image published in postcard: Anderson; photographer of glass plate image of post card: Lewis?]."
Historic plate caption: "[manuscript text on label:] LEWIS [photographer?]; Fountain of the Tortoises -Sculp. Taddeo Landini; Rome. [text printed on postcard:] 307. Roma. Fontana delle tartarughe - Dis di Giacomo della Porta - Scult. di Taddeo Landini
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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.
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Mount reads: "Williams, Brown & Earle, Inc., 918 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa."
Historic plate caption: "Lewis [photographer?]; Fountain of the Bees - Bernini; Piazza Barberini, Rome."
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The fountain was designed by Pietro Bernini and his son Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
Mount reads: "Williams, Brown & Earle, Inc., 918 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. [photographer of image published in postcard: Anderson; photographer of glass plate image of post card: Lewis?]."
Historic plate number: "519."
Historic plate caption: "[manuscript text on label:] LEWIS [photographer?]; Steps + Fountain - Church of Trinita De Monti; Piazza di Spagna Rome [text printed on postcard:] 519. Roma - Scalinata di Piazza di Spagna. Anderson."
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The rivers represent the four quarters of the world: the Danube (Europe), the Ganges (Asia), the Nile (Africa), and the Rio de la Plata (the Americas).
Mount reads: "Williams, Brown & Earle, Inc., 918 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. [photographer of image published in postcard: Anderson; photographer of glass plate image of post card: Lewis?]."
Historic plate number: "300."
Historic plate caption: "[manuscript text on label:] LEWIS [photographer?]; Rome - Fountains of the 4 streams - Piazza Navona [text printed on postcard:] 300. Roma - La Fontana del 4 Fiumi in Piazza Navona - Bernini; Anderson."
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Mount reads: "Williams, Brown & Earle, Inc., 918 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. [photographer of image published in postcard: Anderson; photographer of glass plate image of post card: Lewis?]."
Historic plate number: "314."
Historic plate caption: "[manuscript text on label:] LEWIS [photographer?]; Rome - Fountain of the Aqua Marcia. [text printed on postcard:] 314. Roma, Fontana dell Aqua Marcia; Anderson, Roma."
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Mount reads: "Williams, Brown & Earle, Inc., 918 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. [photographer of image published in postcard: Anderson; photographer of glass plate image of post card: Lewis?]."
Historic plate number: "288."
Historic plate caption: "[manuscript text on label:] LEWIS [photographer?]; Fountain of the Quirinale, Rome. [text printed on postcard:] 288. Roma - Fontana del Quirinale; Anderson."
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Mount reads: "Williams, Brown & Earle, Inc., 918 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa."
Historic plate caption: "Lewis [photographer?]; Rome - Fontana dei Calderari."
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de Vita, Marcello, Dr. Arch. The Villa D'Este, Tivoli. Description of the Villa with 24 fotocolor and a general view. Rome: 1955. p. 56 and 57.
Mount reads: "Fratelli Alinari (I. D. E. A.); Italia - 8 Via Nazionale 8 - Firenze. (7); Serie Artistica."
Historic plate number: "6884."
Historic plate caption: "[manuscript text on label:] Villa dEste [printed text in image:] (Ed.?? Alinari) P.? I.? N.? 6884. Tivoli - Prov. di Roma. Villa dEste. Veduta del Palazzo e Viale dei Cipressi."
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de Vita, Marcello, Dr. Arch. The Villa D'Este, Tivoli. Description of the Villa with 24 fotocolor and a general view. Rome: 1955. p. 40 - 43. The fountain of the Weathercocks or of the Dragons.
Mount reads: "Fratelli Alinari (I. D. E. A.); Italia - 8 Via Nazionale 8 - Firenze. (7); Serie Artistica."
Historic plate number: "6885."
Historic plate caption: "[manuscript text on label:] Villa dEste [printed text in image:] (Ed.?? Alinari) N.? 6885. Tivoli - Presso Roma. Villa dEste. Lo scalone che conduce al Palazzo. (Pirro di Ligorie 1549).`."
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de Vita, Marcello, Dr. Arch. The Villa D'Este, Tivoli. Description of the Villa with 24 fotocolor and a general view. Rome: 1955. p. 50 and 51.
Mount reads: "Fratelli Alinari (I. D. E. A.); Italia - 8 Via Nazionale 8 - Firenze. (7); Serie Artistica."
Historic plate number: "6886."
Historic plate caption: "[manuscript text on label:] Villa dEste [printed text in image:] (Ed.?? Alinari) N.? 6886. Tivoli - Presso Roma. Villa dEste. Una veduta del giardino con la Vasche."
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de Vita, Marcello, Dr. Arch. The Villa D'Este, Tivoli. Description of the Villa with 24 fotocolor and a general view. Rome: 1955. p. 50 and 51.
Mount reads: "Fratelli Alinari (I. D. E. A.); Italia - 8 Via Nazionale 8 - Firenze. (7); Serie Artistica."
Historic plate number: "6887."
Historic plate caption: "[manuscript text on label:] Villa dEste [printed text in image:] (Ed.?? Alinari) N.? 6887. Tivoli - Presso Roma. Villa dEste. Una veduta del giardino con la cascata."
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