User:GoldenPeacock/Georgina Masson

Georgina Masson (1912–1980) is the pen name of British author and photographer Marion Johnson. Known as "Babs" to her friends,

she spent significant time studying Roman and Italian architecture, with a keen interest in villas and gardens.

Upon her death in 1980, she bequeathed her entire collection of 5,000 negatives to the American Academy in Rome.

A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, she travelled extensively and traveled throughout Italy often accompanied only by her

Books
The Companion Guide to Rome Italian Villas and Palaces (1959), Italian Villas and Gardens (1961)