


Clobba Mutans Giardini di Firenze before 1896
Lambda silver gelatin print from a digitized silver gelatin dry glass plate negative 25 × 35 cm
Archivi AlinariArchivio Alinari, Florence ACA-F-016003-0000

Fratelli Alinari
Cineraria Hybrida
Giardini di Firenze before 1896
Lambda silver gelatin print from a digitized silver gelatin dry glass plate negative
25 × 35 cm
Archivi AlinariArchivio Alinari, Florence ACA-F-016020-0000

Giardino Pellizzari, Florence before 1896
Lambda silver gelatin print from a digitized silver gelatin dry glass plate negative
30 × 40 cm
Archivi AlinariArchivio Alinari, Florence
ACA-F-016028-0000

Fratelli Alinari
Amarillis Florence before 1896
Lambda silver gelatin print from a digitized silver gelatin dry glass plate negative
25 × 35 cm
Archivi AlinariArchivio Alinari, Florence
ACA-F-016004-0000


Fratelli Alinari
Lilium Auratum
Giardini di Firenze before 1896

Lambda silver gelatin print from a digitized silver gelatin dry glass plate negative
25 × 35 cm
Archivi AlinariArchivio Alinari, Florence ACA-F-016067-0000

Calla Aethiopica
Orto Botanico, Florence before 1896
Lambda silver gelatin print from a digitized silver gelatin dry glass plate negative
25 × 35 cm
Archivi AlinariArchivio Alinari, Florence
ACA-F-016010-0000





Fratelli Alinari
Gigli (Lilies)
Giardino Alinari, Florence before 1896
Lambda silver gelatin print from a digitized silver gelatin dry glass plate negative 20 × 30 cm
Archivi AlinariArchivio Alinari, Florence ACA-F-016069-0000



Wilhelm von Gloeden
Ragazzo in abiti femminil (Giacomo Lanfranchi?) (Boy in Women’s Clothing)
Taormina c. 1905
Lambda silver gelatin print from a digitized silver albumen print 25 × 35 cm
Archivi AlinariArchivio von Gloeden, Florence GWA-F-000601-0000

Wilhelm von Gloeden
Autoritratto in costume orientale (Self-Portrait in Oriental Costume) Taormina?
c. 1895
Lambda silver gelatin print from a digitized silver albumen print
25 × 35 cm
Archivi AlinariArchivio von Gloeden, Florence FBQ-F-006950-0000
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