Descriptive Summary
Biographical/Historical Note
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Benito Panunzi, Fotografia Artistica: Album de Vistas y Costumbres de Buenos Aires
Date (inclusive): circa 1860-circa 1869
Number: 92.R.4
Creator/Collector:
Panunzi, Benito
Physical Description:
23 photographic prints
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
reference@getty.edu
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: A set of 23 Buenos Aires cityscapes and images of gaucho and ranch life in Argentina by Benito
Panunzi, issued in periodic fascicles.
Language: Collection material is in Spanish; Castilian
Biographical/Historical Note
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).
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
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
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1992.
Processing History
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 Guynn in 2019.
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
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.
Arrangement
In original order.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Topics
Architecture -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires
Gauchos -- Argentina
Harbors -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires
Subjects - Places
Argentina -- History -- 1860-1910
Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Argentina -- Description and travel
Genres and Forms of Material
Albumen prints -- Argentina -- 19th century
Contributors
Panunzi, Benito
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