Venezia, Ponte dei Sospiri (Venice, Bridge of Sighs)

Artist/Maker Antonio Perini Italian, 1830 – 1879

Date1860s

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsImage: 13 1/8 in. × 10 in. (33.3 × 25.4 cm) Sheet: 13 1/8 in. × 10 in. (33.3 × 25.4 cm) Mount: 18 5/16 × 12 1/4 in. (46.5 × 31.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of James, Class of 1980, and Georganne Garfinkel

Object number1994.105

Not on view

DescriptionAlbumen print of the Bridge of Sighs and canal, Venice from a collodion negative.

Collections

Published ReferencesEmerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Friends of Art Newsletter, August 1995, Acquisitions 1994

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2012
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. Object Study Gallery, October 6, 2012 - (no catalog).

2005
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Hamilton Collects: A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection", September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat).

Provenance 1990: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of James and Georganne Garfinkel.

Markings Artist's blind stamp: "[within rectangle] ISTITUTO FOTOGRAFICO / A. PERINI / VENEZIA" on lower center mount.

Published References Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Friends of Art Newsletter, August 1995, Acquisitions 1994

Signature Not signed.

Inscribed "Paul Sciehir [illegible]" on verso at upper left in ink; "Pont Sospire" at center right in ink; "SM Mussey" at lower center in pencil.