La Mortola botanical garden, view of a stairway through the trees, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Item Overview

Title

La Mortola botanical garden, view of a stairway through the trees, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Alternative title

Giardini Botanici Hanbury

Photographer

Cornell, Ralph D.

Date Created

1929

Date

1929

Language

English

Collection

Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Notes

Description

The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Long staircase near the side of a building and through the trees in La Mortola botanical garden. A doorway is visible on the side of the stone building and two large potted plants are on either side of the stairway. Trees come together to enclose the upper part of the staircase.

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: La Mortola 1929

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Dimensions

4 x 5 inches

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

black-and-white photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Giardino Botanico Hanbury (Mortola, Italy)

Location

Italy--Ventimiglia

Resource type

still image

Subjects

International
Environment
trees
gardens
stairs
Culture
botanical gardens
planters (containers)
doorways

landscape architecture