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1784.a.26
- Record Id:
- 032-003227986
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003227986
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867937.0x00101f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1784.a.26
- Title:
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Swiss scenery. Photographer(s): Thompson, Stephen
- Scope & Content:
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Imprint: London: Day and Son, Limited, 6, Gate Street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. 1866.
Folio volume, measuring 335 x 250 mm, original red cloth binding, with title 'Swiss scenery, by S. Thompson' stamped in gilt within rules on upper board; edge gilt; unpaginated. The volume contains 28 albumen print views of Swiss towns and landscape scenery, mounted on light card one or two to a page, with lithographed captions and accompanying letterpress description. Binding in poor condition.'In these days of rapid transit the opportunities of securing an abiding impression of all that can be crowded into a hurried tour of a few weeks are often extremely circumscribed, and it as a supplement to such travelling that a work like this specially addresses it self...He has no other or higher ambition than to present a series of pictorial reminiscences of the splendid scenery of this picturesque land, the favourite tourist-ground of all nations...'Awaiting detailed cataloguing.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003227986
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003227986
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- Unspecified
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1865
- End Date:
- 1866
- Date Range:
- c 1866
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 120 mm x 95 mm to 100 mm x 175 mm.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Copyright deposit, 1867: Copyright deposit 1867; British Museum blue date stamp, 3 August 1867.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Thompson, Stephen