Alinari

A Journey across Sardinia

The archaic and wild island in the Mediterranean. The destination of - a few - pioneering and adventurous photographers, the House of Savoy’s favourite and the Alinari’s offspring exotic dream.

Edouard Delessert: View of Via San Michele, Cagliari, from the "Views of Sardinia. Cagliari and Sassari", 1854 ca., print on salted paper, 18 x 24 cm, Alinari Archives, Florence.

Vincenzo Howells, Woman in traditional sardinian costume while cooking, 1903, aristotype on paper, 6 x 9 cm, Alinari Archives, Florence.

Vittorio Besso, Sa Curia viaduct in Sardinia,1886 ca., albumen print on paper, 27 x 21,5 cm, Alinari Archives, Florence.

Vincenzo Farnatale, The sovereigns Margherita of Savoy and Umberto I, visiting Caprera in April 1899, gelatin silver print on paper, 5,5 x 8 cm, Alinari Archives, Florence.

Vittorio Emanuele III of Savoy, View of Tavolara Island, 1911, photomechanic print on collotype, 12 x 16,9 cm, Alinari Archives, Florence.

Vittorio Alinari's first journey, View of the Maddalena Island from the yacht called "Il Trionfante", 26/05-12/06/1913, silver gelatin dry negative on glass plate, 21 x 27 cm, Alinari Archives, Florence.

Vittorio Alinari's first journey, View of Capo Figari and the island of Figarotto in Sardinia, 26/05-12/06/1913, silver gelatin dry negative on glass plate, 21 x 27 cm, Alinari Archives, Florence.

Vittorio Alinari's first journey, Donna Francesca Garibaldi between the tombs of Garibaldi and Manlio, on the Island of Caprera, 26/05-12/06/1913, silver gelatin dry negative on glass plate, 21 x 27 cm, Alinari Archives, Florence.

Vittorio Alinari's first journey, Costumes of tanche owners, 26/05-12/06/1913, silver gelatin dry negative on glass plate, 21 x 27 cm, Alinari Archives, Florence.

Vittorio Alinari's first journey, Tuna fishing in the sea of Porto Torres, 26/05-12/06/1913, silver gelatin dry negative on glass plate, 21 x 27 cm, Alinari Archives, Florence.

Vittorio Alinari's first journey, "Le Colonne", trachytic rocks of the island of San Pietro, 26/05-12/06/1913, silver gelatin dry negative on glass plate, 21 x 27 cm, Alinari Archives, Florence.

Vittorio Alinari's first journey, View of the port of Cagliari, 26/05-12/06/1913, silver gelatin dry negative on glass plate, 21 x 27 cm, Alinari Archives, Florence.

Vittorio Alinari's second journey, Rosello's fountain in Sassari, 05 - 22/04/1914, silver gelatin dry negative on glass plate, 21 x 27 cm, Alinari Archives, Florence.

Vittorio Alinari's second journey, An ancient Roman sepulchre used as a residence on the island of Sant'Antioco, 05 - 22/04/1914, silver gelatin dry negative on glass plate, 21 x 27 cm, Alinari Archives, Florence.

Sardinian costumes - the barber, Tratalias, photomechanic colour postcard, from silver gelatin dry negative on glass plate, Vittorio Alinari's second journey, 05 - 22/04/1914, 9 x 14 cm, Alinari Archives, Florence.

Vittorio Alinari's second journey, Two Tratalias women in front of the oven, 05 - 22/04/1914, silver gelatin dry negative on glass plate, 21 x 27 cm, Alinari Archives, Florence.

Vittorio Alinari's second journey, A boulder with the ruins of the church of San Sebastiano near Isili in Sardinia, 05 – 22 /04/1914, silver gelatin dry negative on glass plate, 21 x 27 cm, Alinari Archives, Florence.

Vittorio Alinari's second journey, The tower of Mariano II, also known as San Cristoforo or Porta Manna in Oristano, 05 - 22/04/1914, silver gelatin dry negative on glass plate, 21 x 27 cm, Alinari Archives, Florence.

Vittorio Alinari, "La Sardegna dal Golfo degli Aranci" (Sardinia from Golfo degli Aranci), (Inf. XXVI, 104), in "Paesaggi Italici nella Divina Commedia" (Italian landscapes in the Divine Comedy), 1917-1920, photomechanic print on paper, 16 x 23 cm, Alinari Archives, Florence.

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