La Mortola botanical garden, view down the main path, Ventimiglia, 1929

Item Overview

Title

La Mortola botanical garden, view down the main path, Ventimiglia, 1929

Alternative title

Spanish Gardens

Photographer

Cornell, Ralph D.

Date Created

April 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.
View down the main axis of the garden that leads ftom the villa to the sea.

Caption

Text from nitrate negative: Main Axis - La Mortola, Italy - April 1929
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Spanish gardens 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

Location

Italy--Ventimiglia

Resource type

still image

Subjects

International
Landmarks
Environment
garden walks
trees
gardens
stairs
Italian cypress
paths
botanical gardens

landscape architecture