On Tuesday, October 1st, the Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (SAHA) together with the National Library of Scotland, the Consulate General of Italy for Scotland and Northern Ireland and the Italian Institute of Culture Edinburgh hosted a private guided tour of the Images of Italy (1480-1900) exhibition.
The event, led by the Images of Italy Curator, Graham Hogg, aimed to showcase all the wonderful pieces in the exhibition, the history behind them and why they were selected.
The display explores how visual representations of Italy developed. These range from 15th-century woodcuts to 19th-century photography.
Guests can explore Robert Macpherson’s photographs of Rome and examples from John Ruskin’s collection of daguerreotypes (on loan from The Ruskin, Lancaster University) and the recently acquired 1840s calotype negatives, probably by James Calder MacPhail and James Dunlop. These are the earliest surviving photographs of Italy by Scots.
The exhibition is free to visit and is on display until November 2nd. You can find more information here.
(from left to right, SAHA co-chair Professor Murray Pittock MAE FRSE, National Librarian Amina Shah FRSE FRSA, Italian Consul General Veronica Ferrucci and SAHA co-chair Professor Catherine O’Leary)
We would like to thank National Librarian Amina Shah FRSE FRSA, Italian Consul General Veronica Ferrucci and SAHA co-chair Professor Catherine O’Leary for the wonderful introductory remarks
