The first six photos are from the Archivio Primoli. Count Giuseppe Napoleone Primoli (1851 - 1927) was an Italian nobleman, collector and photographer. His mother was a member of the Bonaparte family. During the last decades of the nineteenth century he produced over 10.000 photos. His most productive period was 1888-1894. On the photos we probably see Rodolfo Lanciani, showing the Augusteum to (according to the Archivio Primoli) Angelina Middleton, Diane de Saint Paul, Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte (nicknamed "Plon-Plon"), and an unidentified man. Bonaparte died in 1891.
Rodolfo Lanciani, holding an umbrella, Angelina Middleton, Diane de Saint Paul and Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte.
Archivio Primoli, print 1,
print 2.
Rodolfo Lanciani reading graffiti, and Diane de Saint Paul talking to Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte.
Archivio Primoli, print 1,
print 2.
Diane de Saint Paul standing on a column base, Angelina Middleton, Rodolfo Lanciani and, seated, Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte..
Archivio Primoli, print 1,
print 2.
Angelina Middleton, Diane de Saint Paul, Rodolfo Lanciani and Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte.
Archivio Primoli, print 1,
print 2.
Angelina Middleton standing on a column base, and on the far right Rodolfo Lanciani.
Archivio Primoli, print 1,
print 2.
Rodolfo Lanciani, Angelina Middleton, and, seated, Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte.
Archivio Primoli, print 1,
print 2.
A photo of the Augusteum taken by Thomas Ashby, during a visit with Rodolfo Lanciani and friends, 14 April 1898.
Photo: British School at Rome.
Click to enlarge. The Augusteum on an undated photo. Photo: Wellcome Library no. 582044i.
Click to enlarge. The Augusteum, around 1910? From the south-east.
Photo: Institut national d'histoire de l'art.
Click to enlarge. The Augusteum, around 1910? From the north-east.
Photo: Institut national d'histoire de l'art.
Click to enlarge. The Augusteum, around 1910? From the south-west.
Photo: Institut national d'histoire de l'art.
Click to enlarge. The Augusteum around 1910? From the north-west.
Photo: Institut national d'histoire de l'art.
The Augusteum, around 1912? Photo: British School at Rome, Ashby collection.