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Carlo PontiItalian, 1820 – 1893

Carlo Ponti had studied photography in Paris in the 1840s. In 1852, he obtained a license to produce and sell photographs in Venice. He ran the first of the big photographic businesses in the city, producing albums with architectural views of Venice. Ponti became known as the inventor of camera lenses suitable for panoramic photography. He was appointed optician and photographer to the King of Italy, Victor-Emanuel II, in 1866. (SOURCE: National Galleries Scotland)

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Chiesa di S. Marco, Facciata principale
Carlo Ponti
Date: 1870s
Medium: Albumen print from a collodion negative
Object number: 2020.9.163
Chiesa di S. Marco, Facciata principale
Carlo Ponti
Date: c. 1870s
Medium: Albumen print from a collodion negative mounted on album page
Object number: 2021.12.244
Galleria del Palazzo Ducale, Venice
Carlo Ponti
Date: c. 1870
Medium: Albumen print from a collodion negative
Object number: 2020.9.165
Intérieur de l'Église de St. George Majeur, Venice
Carlo Ponti
Date: 1870s
Medium: Albumen print from a collodion negative
Object number: 2020.9.166
Lion à droite de la Porte de l'Arsenal, Venice
Carlo Ponti
Date: c. 1870
Medium: Albumen print from a collodion negative
Object number: 2020.9.170
Loggetta, Venice
Carlo Ponti
Date: c. 1870s
Medium: Albumen print from a collodion negative
Object number: 2020.9.171
Man leaning against building
Carlo Ponti
Date: 1870s
Medium: Albumen print from a collodion negative
Object number: 2020.9.172
Men on boat in canal, Venice
Carlo Ponti
Date: c. 1870
Medium: Albumen print from a collodion negative
Object number: 2020.9.173
La Môle vu du quai des Esclavons
Carlo Ponti
Date: 1870s
Medium: Albumen print from a collodion negative
Object number: 2020.9.167
Monument de Bartolommeo Colleoni, Venice
Carlo Ponti
Date: 1870s
Medium: Albumen print from a collodion negative
Object number: 2020.9.174
Palais Ducal, vu du Baptistère, Venice
Carlo Ponti
Date: 1870s
Medium: Albumen print from a collodion negative
Object number: 2020.9.175
Panorama nesto dell Alto di St. Marco, Venice
Carlo Ponti
Date: 1870s
Medium: Albumen print from a collodion negative
Object number: 2020.9.176
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