# Robert Rive

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**Robert Rive** was a 19th-century photographer who was born in Great Britain but developed most of his work in Italy. After several years working in this country he changed his name to Roberto Rive.[citation needed] The main collections of his work are the photos from [Pompei](/source/Pompei) and [Rome](/source/Rome) in the 1860s and 1870s. Rive exhibited at the "10th Annual Exhibition of the Photographie".

## Photography

Robert Rive worked as a topographical and portrait photographer from the beginning of the 1860s until 1889 in [Naples](/source/Naples).[1] In 1867, he took part at the Exposition Universelle of [Paris](/source/Paris). His studio produced views and stereographs of many Italian cities. He took photographs of monuments of [Naples](/source/Naples), [Pompei](/source/Pompei), [Sorrento](/source/Sorrento), [Capri](/source/Capri), [Amalfi](/source/Amalfi) and monuments of [Sicily](/source/Sicily). He also took photographs of cities such as [Florence](/source/Florence), [Pisa](/source/Pisa), [Siena](/source/Siena), [Rome](/source/Rome) and [Genoa](/source/Genoa). He held studios in [Naples](/source/Naples), Palazzo Serracapriola, Palazzo Lieti.[2]

"*[Giorgio Sommer](/source/Giorgio_Sommer) and Robert Rive began a systematic census of the monuments and daily life, in an amazing collection that provided information on Campania and Sicily*" [3]

He also patented a photosensitive paper used in Southern Italy.

## Artwork Holders

- [J. Paul Getty Museum](/source/J._Paul_Getty_Museum)
- [Musée d'Orsay](/source/Mus%C3%A9e_d'Orsay)
- [Museo di Roma](/source/Museo_di_Roma)[4]

## References

1. [J. Paul Getty Museum](http://getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&subjectid=500018654)

1. Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Photography by John Hannavy

1. From [Senato della Repubblica](http://www.senato.it/documenti/repository/eventi/med/pagina06.htm)

1. [http://www.museodiroma.comune.roma.it/PalazzoBraschi](http://www.museodiroma.comune.roma.it/PalazzoBraschi)[dead link]

## External links

- [Art and Architecture images](http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/search/results.html?_creators=ULAN32638&display=Rive%2c+Roberto) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110612032441/http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/search/results.html?_creators=ULAN32638&display=Rive%2c+Roberto) 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
- [Images of Pompei](http://photocollection.alonsorobisco.es/pompei_samples.html)
- [Getty Museum record](http://getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&subjectid=500018654)

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