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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Benito Panunzi, Fotografia Artistica: Album de Vistas y Costumbres de Buenos Aires
Creator:
Panunzi, Benito
Identifier/Call Number: 92.R.4
Physical Description:
23 photographic prints
Date (inclusive): circa 1860-circa 1869
Abstract: A set of 23 Buenos Aires cityscapes and images of gaucho and ranch life in
Argentina by Benito Panunzi, issued in periodic fascicles.
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Language of Material: Collection material is in Spanish.
Arranged in a single series: Series I. Fotografia Artistica: Album de Vistas y Costumbres de Buenos Aires, circa 1860-circa
1869.
The Italian photographer, engineer, and architect, Benito Panunzi (1819-1894), arrived in Argentina in 1861 where he worked
as a photographer
specializing in views of Buenos Aires and scenes of rural life for several years before turning his professional energies
to architecture. His
photographic oeuvre includes his
Album Panunzi (1868).
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Acquired in 1992.
Benito Panunzi, Fotografia artistica: album de vistas y costumbres de Buenos Aires, circa 1860-circa 1869, Getty Research
Institute, Research Library,
Accession no. 92.R.4.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa92r4
Processed and cataloged by Beth Ann Guynn; finding aid encoded by Holly Larson with grant funding from the Council on Library
and Information Resources
(CLIR). Finding aid revised by Guynn in 2019.
Scope and Content of Collection
Benito Panunzi's photographs in this set of Buenos Aires cityscapes and images of gaucho and ranch life were issued in 12
periodic fascicles of two
photographs each, accompanied by a printed paper wrapper. Included are views of the cathedral, plazas with surrounding architectural
landmarks, the
railroad station and the harbor, as well as scenes of country life.
The 12 fascicles were titled
Fotografia artistica: album de vistas y costumbres de Buenos Aires / trabajos de Benito Panunzi, Profesor de dibujo
y retratista al oleo Entrega XII
, and numbered I-XII. Subscription information printed on the wrappers stated: Por la suscripcion en la casa
de los Señores Fusoni Hermanos, Cangallo 120; Mackern Hermanos, San Martin 44; J. Pini y Roncorani Hermanos, Cangallo y Florida.
The set lacks the photograph
Mercado de frutos del pais, (see: Goldschmidt and Naef,
The Truthful Lens, no. 109).
The photographer's name, B. Panunzi, is printed on the mount below each photograph.
Captions are transcribed as they appear printed on mounts below the images.
Existence and Location of Copies
The collection was digitized by the repository in 2018 and the images are available online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/92r4
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Architecture -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires
Gauchos -- Argentina
Harbors -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires
Albumen prints -- Argentina -- 19th century
Argentina -- History -- 1860-1910
Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Argentina -- Description and travel