Ward-Perkins Collection. Photographs
Abtransport einer 1 1/2 to schweren Antike aus der Kirche S. Onofrio in Decumano [i.e. Dicomano]
Ward-Perkins Collection. Photographs. War Damage Series
Ward-Perkins, J. B. (John Bryan), 1912-1981 (collector)Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section
[between 1943 and 1945]
2 photographic prints on card gelatin silver, b&w ; image 18 x 13 cm, on card 21 x 27 cm.
Photograph of German soldiers carrying away a work of art in a crate, that weighs a ton and a half, from the Oratorio di S. Onofrio in Dicomano. The Oratorio was an art deposit to save Florence's masterpieces from war.
Photograph collected on behalf of Allied Military Government, Division of Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives (MFA&A). Title from cardboard. Two photos glued on the same cardboard. Forms part of: Ward-Perkins Collection. Photographs. War Damage Series.
Report of the American Commission for the protection and salvage of artistic and historic monuments in war areas
Art treasures in warChurchesMilitary personnelGermanPeopleWar damageWorld War, 1939-1945Destruction & pillageBuildings, structures, etc
ItalyDicomanoTuscany
1940-1950
Gelatin silver prints-1940-1950.
British School at Rome
WP[PHP]-War08-1150 WP[PHP]-War08-1151
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