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Garden of Savoy Hotel and the Nile

Photograph
1914 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Autochrome depicting a garden with a large bougainvillea with purple flowers covering a boundary wall with an open entrance. Visible through the entrance is a river, with two boats with sails visible. A man is standing in the garden on the left side of the image. Two glass plates sandwiched together to protect the autochrome emulsion layer, taped at the edges.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleGarden of Savoy Hotel and the Nile (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Autochrome
Brief description
Photograph by Helen Messinger Murdoch, 'Garden of Savoy Hotel and the Nile', Luxor, Egypt, autochrome, 1914
Physical description
Autochrome depicting a garden with a large bougainvillea with purple flowers covering a boundary wall with an open entrance. Visible through the entrance is a river, with two boats with sails visible. A man is standing in the garden on the left side of the image. Two glass plates sandwiched together to protect the autochrome emulsion layer, taped at the edges.
Dimensions
  • Height: 82mm
  • Width: 102mm
  • Depth: 3mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Inv 11231' (Handwritten in pencil on the top right side of the tape surrounding the plate.)
  • '17-3/ 16' (Handwritten in ink of a circular white sticker on the bottom edge of the tape surrounding the plate.)
  • 'Garden of Savoy Hotel + the Nile at Luxor' (Handwritten in ink of a white sticker on the bottom edge of the tape surrounding the plate.)
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Place depicted
Other numbers
  • 11231 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • XRG844 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
Collection
Accession number
RPS.58-2018

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Record createdJanuary 25, 2018
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