La Mortola botanical garden, view down a walkway enclosed by a pergola supporting Wisteria sinensis, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Item Overview

Title

La Mortola botanical garden, view down a walkway enclosed by a pergola supporting Wisteria sinensis, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Alternative title

Giardini Botanici Hanbury

Photographer

Cornell, Ralph D.

Date Created

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.
Walkway enclosed by a pergola built from rustic tree branches in La Mortola botanical garden. Wisteria sinensis (Chinese Wisteria) grows on the pergola and the path is dusted with fallen petals from the vine.

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: La Mortola 1929
Text from nitrate negative: Wisteria sinensis - Olive Wood [?] La Mortola

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

Subjects

International
Landmarks
Environment
garden walks
trees
vines
gardens
Wisteria
pergolas
paths
botanical gardens

landscape architecture

Names

Giardino Botanico Hanbury (Mortola, Italy)

Location

Italy--Ventimiglia

Resource type

still image