Object Details
- 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.
- Sculptor
- Landini, Taddeo
- Architect
- Della Porta, Giacomo, 1532-1602
- Lantern slide maker
- Williams, Brown & Earle, Inc.
- Collection Creator
- Garden Club of America
- 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.
- See more items in
- The Garden Club of America collection
- 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 Citation
- Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
- 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.
- Record ID
- ebl-1643208220039-1643210189009-0
