Sujet
Magic lantern slide circa 1900
Légende
Magic lantern slide circa 1900.Victorian/Edwardian.Social History. The Beauties of Venice,photographs created in 1888 Joseph John William ACWORTH F.I.C., F.C.S.J. The Beauties of Venice .No. 30. -At the Well. Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo. Formerly fresh water used to be obtained at great expense and bad quality from the mainland, and kept in cisterns ; it is now obtained by a large number of the inhabitants from Artesian:-wells, a number of which, scattered about the city, were sunk in 1847 at the expense of the municipality. These wells are opened by the authorities twice each day, and then there is quite a rush of those who wish to draw the water, especially women and girls, who, after awaiting, their turn, quickly lower a small copper pail by means of a piece of rope they bring with them, haul it up, and hasten away to their home. The reservoirs are not very deep, being only about twenty feet, or thereabouts; and it is somewhat remarkable to find springs of clear limpid water thus rising, as it were, from the midst of the sea.
Date
20e siècle
Crédit
Photo12/UIG/Design Pics/John Short
Notre référence
UMG20B22_490
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
67,5Mo (7,3Mo) / 41,5cm x 40,8cm / 4900 x 4818 (300dpi)