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Talbot Photo 2(633)
- Record Id:
- 041-003304403
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-003303770
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035610889.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100133186503.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Talbot Photo 2(633)
- Title:
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The Corso, Catania. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Bridges/ Catania/ The Corso
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography
View taken from an elevated position looking along the street below, on the right side of the street the dome of the cathedral is visible. Positive print of one of the 73 negatives sent to Talbot from Malta on the 20th October 1846. Chemistry float-applied on paper 185 x 228. Watermarked 'J Whatman 1846'. The negative can be found at Talbot Photo 1 (321).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Talbot Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003303408
040-003303770
041-003304403 - Is part of:
- Talbot Photo : Talbot Collection
Talbot Photo 2 : Talbot Collection: Prints. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Talbot Photo 2(633) : The Corso, Catania. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson - Hierarchy:
- 032-003303408[0003]/040-003303770[0633]/041-003304403
- 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_100133186503.0x000001 (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-Sep 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:
-
Dimensions: 168 mm x 223 mm
Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- LA169; NT01409; Schaaf No.3266
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Bridges, George Wilson, clergyman, photographer and traveller, 1788-1863
- Subjects:
- Architectural Elements
Architectural Types
Architecture
Cattedrale di Sant'Agata (Catania)
Commercial Buildings
Dwellings
Houses
Named Collections
Roofs
Shops
Street Scenes
Talbot Collection
Windows - Places:
- Catania, Sicily, Sicilia, Italy, Europe, Western Europe