Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1870 - 1874 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 box, 46cm
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
The 28 photographs were found in amongst RBGE's 'cuttings collection' - a collection of papers, paintings, photographs and drawings cut from publications and kept together to aid taxonomic work in the Herbarium. In the 1990s(?) this collection was assessed by Henry Noltie who removed all original artwork and photographs to form separate collections such as this one.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The 28 photographs in this series, taken by Pietro Guidi in San Remo, Italy, in the 1870s formed part of the Photographic Flora of San Remo, supervised by local pharmacist Francesco Panizzi. Each photograph has a Latin name, locality and a flowering time and som are hand coloured.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Collection is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/
Conditions governing reproduction
Permission required from RBGE.
Language of material
- Italian