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Talbot Photo 2(627)
- Record Id:
- 041-003304397
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-003303770
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035610883.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100133186425.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Talbot Photo 2(627)
- Title:
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Benedictine Convent, Catania [Padre Cafici sat in Garden]. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Bridges/ Benedictine Convent/ No.36
Genre: Portrait Photography
View of Padre Cafici sat by a fountain in the grounds of the convent, in the distance the cathedral dome is visible through the trees. Positive print of one of the 73 negatives sent to Talbot from Malta on the 20th October 1846. Chemistry float-applied on paper 192 x 238 mm.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Talbot Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003303408
040-003303770
041-003304397 - Is part of:
- Talbot Photo : Talbot Collection
Talbot Photo 2 : Talbot Collection: Prints. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Talbot Photo 2(627) : Benedictine Convent, Catania [Padre Cafici sat in Garden]. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson - Hierarchy:
- 032-003303408[0003]/040-003303770[0627]/041-003304397
- 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_100133186425.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Photograph
Photographic Print
Salted Paper Print
Salted Paper Print From Calotype Negative
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1846
- End Date:
- 1846
- Date Range:
- Jul 1846-Aug 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: 173 mm x 226 mm
Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- LA790; NT01449; Schaaf No.3339
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Bridges, George Wilson, clergyman, photographer and traveller, 1788-1863
- Subjects:
- Architectural Elements
Architectural Types
Architecture
Christian Monks
Convents
Domes
Fountains
Gardens
Monks
Named Collections
People Associated With Religion
Plants
Religion
Religious Buildings
Talbot Collection
Trees - Places:
- Catania, Sicily, Sicilia, Italy, Europe, Western Europe