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Talbot Photo 1(322)
- Record Id:
- 041-003303732
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-003303410
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035610232.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100133174113.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Talbot Photo 1(322)
- Title:
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Saracenic House. Taormina. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '42. Saracenic House. Taormina' [with Bridges' signature].
Genre: Landscape Photography
A cluster of Moorish buildings behind a stone wall, the most prominent has a flat roof which is partially crenelated and a pointed arch design; behind the village is a steep hill. Trimmed negative and sky opaqued by hand.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Talbot Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003303408
040-003303410
041-003303732 - Is part of:
- Talbot Photo : Talbot Collection
Talbot Photo 1 : Talbot Collection: Negatives. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot, Nicolaas Henneman, Calvert Richard Jones, George Wilson…
Talbot Photo 1(322) : Saracenic House. Taormina. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson - Hierarchy:
- 032-003303408[0002]/040-003303410[0322]/041-003303732
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Talbot Photo
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100133174113.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Calotype Negative
Negative
Paper Negative
Photograph
Waxed Calotype Negative - Start Date:
- 1846
- End Date:
- 1846
- Date Range:
- 1846
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 161 mm x 215 mm
Format: Bound in Volume
- Former External References:
- LA3173; NT00374; Schaaf No.3275
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Bridges, George Wilson, clergyman, photographer and traveller, 1788-1863
- Subjects:
- Architectural Elements
Architectural Styles
Architectural Types
Architecture
Dwellings
Hills
Houses
Islamic Architecture
Land
Talbot Collection
Walls - Places:
- Sicily, Sicilia, Taormina, Messina, Italy, Europe, Western Europe