Other InformationJohn Alfred Spranger (1889-1968), of British descent, was born in Florence and lived most of his life in Italy. He studied engineering and land surveying at Cambridge and Milan, and was also a mountaineer, scholar of Greek manuscripts, art collector and bibliophile (he owned a significant collection of Greek incunabula). He was interested in archeology and its photographic documentation, as he systematically dealt with photography. Spranger traveled to Egypt, Abyssinia, Mesopotamia, central Asia and elsewhere, capturing the sites and their antiquities through his lens. His photographic remains include 45 albums and more than 2,400 images covering the period 1906-1936.
Other InformationJohn Alfred Spranger (1889-1968), of British descent, was born in Florence and lived most of his life in Italy. He studied engineering and land surveying at Cambridge and Milan, and was also a mountaineer, scholar of Greek manuscripts, art collector and bibliophile (he owned a significant collection of Greek incunabula). He was interested in archeology and its photographic documentation, as he systematically dealt with photography. Spranger traveled to Egypt, Abyssinia, Mesopotamia, central Asia and elsewhere, capturing the sites and their antiquities through his lens. His photographic remains include 45 albums and more than 2,400 images covering the period 1906-1936.