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032-003235432 Subject Photographic Types and Formats Material Type Photographs

1. 010095.de.56(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
010095.de.56(18)
Title:
Cochineal gatherers at Orotava. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view facing p. 405, of labourers at work gathering cochineal insects from cactus plants, taken in the garden of Charles Smith. With a dragon tree in the background.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 item

2. 010095.de.56(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
010095.de.56(20)
Title:
Trunk of the great dragon-tree. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view, facing p. 427, of the base of the tree seen in print 19: 'On the masonry filling up the northern side, is standing our interpreter, the Vice-Consul's son, to afford a human scale of measure' (p. 427).
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 item

3. 010095.de.56(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
010095.de.56(8)
Title:
Trachyte blocks on Guajara. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view of rock formations, facing p. 193. These 'curiously stray blocks of greenstone, and of black lava,' are described on p. 167.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 item

4. 010095.de.56(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
010095.de.56(14)
Title:
Euphorbia canariensis on the sea-coast of Orotava. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view a large euphorbia, facing p. 339, with two youths posed in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 item

5. 010095.de.56(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
010095.de.56(16)
Title:
Young dragon-trees (Dracœna draco) near Orotava. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view, facing p. 373, of dragon trees on the property of Charles Smith.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 item

6. 010095.de.56(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
010095.de.56(17)
Title:
Dragon-tree walk at a palazzo near Orotava. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view, facing p. 391, looking along a path in the garden towards the house of Charles Smith, with a dragon tree on the left.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 item

7. 010095.de.56(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
010095.de.56(9)
Title:
Masses of lava slag at Alta Vista. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view, facing p. 215, of lava mounds. These blocks, 'varied and grotesque,' are described on p. 250.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 item

8. 010095.de.56(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
010095.de.56(12)
Title:
Alta Vista Observatory, from the northern lava ridge. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view, facing p. 303, looking down onto the stone buildings of the observing station, with the telescope visible.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 item

9. 010095.de.56(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
010095.de.56(19)
Title:
The 'Great Dragon-Tree' at the Villa de Orotava. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view of a large dragon tree in the garden of the property of the Marquis of Sauzal, facing p. 419 (and there described).
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 item

10. 010095.de.56(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
010095.de.56(3)
Title:
Peak of Teneriffe from Orotava, on the northern coast. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography Facing p. 63. Stereographic view looking over the rooftops of La Orotava, towards the summit of Pico de Teide in the distance. See p. 403 for Smyth's notes on the difficulty of securing satisfactory photographs of distant scenes at this location.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 item