The Dome of the Rock
Photochrom
1880s (made)
1880s (made)
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Photochrom, or Aäc, is a variation of colour or chromolithography. It enabled colour to be applied to photographic reproductions by transfer of a negative onto lithographic stones, which could print in colour. Hans Jakob Schmid (1856–1924) invented the technique in the 1880s and founded the company Photochrom Zürich. When viewed through a magnifying glass this print resembles drawn lithography. A close grainy effect caused by the transfer of the image through a screen identifies this as a photomechanical print rather than a photograph.
Object details
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| Title | The Dome of the Rock (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photochrom print |
| Brief description | Photochrom print. Unknown artist. The Dome of the Rock, featuring the Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem, probably 1880s. |
| Physical description | Photochrom print of a large domed mosque surrounded by smaller domed buildings and archways around the perimeter of the square in which the mosque stands, with hills in the background. |
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| Credit line | Given by Col. Willoughby Wallace C.M.G |
| Object history | This photograph is part of a set collected by Canon Wallace of Bristol in the 1870's and 1880's, and presented to the museum in 1918 by Colonel Willoughby Wallace, his brother. |
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| Summary | Photochrom, or Aäc, is a variation of colour or chromolithography. It enabled colour to be applied to photographic reproductions by transfer of a negative onto lithographic stones, which could print in colour. Hans Jakob Schmid (1856–1924) invented the technique in the 1880s and founded the company Photochrom Zürich. When viewed through a magnifying glass this print resembles drawn lithography. A close grainy effect caused by the transfer of the image through a screen identifies this as a photomechanical print rather than a photograph. |
| Bibliographic reference | Coe, Brian & Haworth-Booth, Mark. A Guide to Early Photographic Printing Processes. London: The Victoria and Albert Museum in association with Hurtwood Press, 1983. |
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| Accession number | 1068-1918 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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