= Robertson, James (c.1813-88; English) & Beato, Felice (c.1834-1906; Italian/English) Albums of photographs containing their work: Clifford, Robertson & Beato Photographs of Spain, Greece & Turkey {c.1860} SLV [PH] Frith, Robertson & Beato Photographs of Palestine & Egypt {1860} SLV [PH] Robertson trained as an engraver, and was employed as Chief Engraver to the Imperial
Clifford, Charles (c.1819/20-63; Welsh); and Robertson & Beato (active c.1853-67) Photographs of Spain, Greece and Turkey (album) 31 albumen silver photographs Purchased from the Architectural Photographic Association, c. 1860 State Library of Victoria PCLTWEF 4 [H87.119/1-31] One of the albums of photographs acquired for Melbourne in the early 1860s, this is inscribed on the spine
Frith, Francis (1822-98; English); and Robertson & Beato (active c.1853-67) Photographs of Palestine & Egypt (album) 23 albumen silver photographs, various sizes Purchased from the Architectural Photographic Association, 1860 State Library of Victoria LTWEF 11 [H87.116/1-23] This collection comprises 7 large-scale images by Frith (showing sites in Sinai, and the Pyramids at Dahshur, Giza and Saqqara, most
Photographs by Ponti included in this catalogue Alinari (& others) Photographs of Central & Northern Italy {1860-61} SLV [PH] Ponti Photographs of Venice {1860} SLV [PH] Born in Switzerland, Ponti studied in Paris, and then settled in Venice in the early 1850s, working as both an optician and a photographer. He produced numerous views of
Ponti, Carlo (1823-93; Italian) Photographs of Venice (album) 35 albumen silver photographs, various sizes Purchased from the Architectural Photographic Association, 1860 State Library of Victoria PCLTWEF 7 [H87.76/1-35] One of the photographic albums acquired for Melbourne in the early 1860s, this includes views of Venetian architecture and reproductions of several famous Venetian paintings. Plates 1-13,