1st Pope Ever Photographed Photos of Pope Pius IX --Extremely RARE

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1st Pope Ever Photographed Photos of Pope Pius IX --Extremely RARE:
$1000.00

Extremely RARE!!

Photographs of the Blessed Pope Pius IX

(1st Pope Ever Photographed)

Plus 2 Pix of Crowds

Upfor sale is an extremelyrare set of three(3) original photographs (c.1878) of Pope Pius IX and 2 photographs of the crowdsin St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican, Rome, Italy.

Eachpope has his own unique coat of arms, and it is that coat of arms drapedbeneath the balcony that I used to research which pope this is. One of thephotos that I have attached in this listing is a series of images of the coatof arms of Pope Pius IX. There is no question as to the identification of thispope!

Photo #1 – View of Pope Pius IX on the Balcony up close

Photo #2 – View of Pope Pius IX on the Balcony from across St.Peter’s Square

Photo #3 – View of the crowd from the Balcony

Photo #4 – This is a blowup of the Coat of Arms of Pope PiusIX

Photo #5 – Snapshot of the Papal Coat of Arms article fromWikipedia.org

Photo #6 – This is a photo of the Coat of Arms ofPope Pius IX on the Porta S. Pancrazio.

Photo #7 – This is a line drawing of the Coat of Arms ofPope Pius IX

Photo #8 – This is a blowup Photo #1 showing the right edge wherethere are minute sections of the photograph that have been chipped away.

Photo #9 – This is a blowup of the stamp that is on the backof all 3 photographs.

Idon’t remember where or when I acquired these because they were in a largestack of ephemera that I had purchased in a flea market about 10 years ago.

Whatan awesome opportunity to own original photographs of the very first Pope to bephotographed!

The art ofphotography was developed during Pope Pius IX\'s pontificate, and he was thefirst Pope to be photographed, mainly in his later years. Some contemporariesof Pope Pius IX like Cardinal Giuseppe Pecci considered photography inferior topainting and refused to be photographed. Pope Pius IX, however, was open to thenew form of art. [Excerpts fromWikipedia]

Blessed Pope Pius IX (13 May 1792– 7 February 1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, was thelongest-reigning elected Pope in the history of the Catholic Church, servingfrom 16 June 1846 until his death, a period of nearly 32 years. During hispontificate, he convened the First Vatican Council in 1869. Pope Pius IX wasalso the last Pope to rule as the Sovereign of the Papal States, which fellcompletely to Italian nationalist armies by 1870 and were incorporated into theKingdom of Italy.

He was beatified in 2000.

The photographs measure 4¾” X 6½”each.

The stamp on the back is thestamp of the previous owner of these photographs.

The stamp reads,

PORRY – PASTOREL

REPORTAGE-PHOTOGRAPHIQUE

VIA DI PIIETRA, 87

ROMA

These photographs wereacquired by Adolfo Porry Pastorel at least 30 years after they were taken.Adolfo Porry Pastorel was born in 1888 (10 years after Pope Pius IX died) and,at the age of 20, in 1908, he founded the VEDO agency (Visioni EditorialiDiffuse Ovunque). So we cannot know who, in fact, took these photographs.Pastorel was the founder of the paparazzi and founding father of photojournalismin Italy.

[The following are excerpts from theEnglish translation of http://it.wikipedia.org about Adolfo PorryPastorel]

AdolfoPorry Pastorel ( Rome, 1888 - Castel San Pietro Romano , 25 May 1960 ) was a photographer andartist, is considered the father of photojournalism and the precursor of theItalian paparazzii, poised between the record and formal research. Nocoincidence that Tazio Secchiaroli learn fromhim the rudiments of the trade. Born from a cosmopolitan family (grandfatherFrench, English grandmother) has as its patron the director of The MessengerOttorino Raimondi, who directs him toward the first printing experience, thenhired him as a newspaper photographer in the new life and then it Il Giornaleof Italy .

In1908 he founded the “SEE Agency.” Thus began a career fulminans, which led himto become the greatest witness of Roman life and nationally by the \'10s untilthe first world war. Author of the shots that immortalized the stars and themiddle class but also to become famous picture and mirror of its time. As thenumber of Benito Mussolini during the wheat harvest, grappling with the bigparades, like in the privacy of your own home. His style is not, however, ledhim to ever achieve official photos, but to resume the \"behind thescenes\" and the more spontaneous and unpredictable situations.

Heparticipated with his artistic photographs to the XLVI International ArtExhibition in Venice.

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