James Valentine was in competition with George Washington Wilson. Both were in Scotland and operated at the same time. Roma Foro Romano. Alinari was a major studio in Florence and Rome, founded in 1854 and still in business today. The two brothers, Leopoldo and Giuseppe, produced great views of the buildings and mounments for central Italy mostly for tourists.
Condition is near fine.
A group of 7 albumen photographs of statuary from the Naples Museum. Included are statues of Baccus, Mercury, Venus and other gods and goddesses of note. Condition is very good. Sommer was a very prolific photographer from Naples, Italy. He produced images for the tourist trade.