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Lumière Factories, Lyon

Photograph
ca. 1913 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Autochrome depicting a collection of buildings with eight figures standing in the foreground. Glass plate taped around the edges, with tape missing from 3 sides and the top right corner of the plate cracked and with a section missing.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLumière Factories, Lyon (generic title)
Materials and techniques
autochrome
Brief description
Photograph by Helen Messinger Murdoch, 'Lumière Factories, Lyon', autochrome, France, ca. 1913
Physical description
Autochrome depicting a collection of buildings with eight figures standing in the foreground. Glass plate taped around the edges, with tape missing from 3 sides and the top right corner of the plate cracked and with a section missing.
Dimensions
  • Height: 83mm
  • Width: 107mm
  • Depth: 3mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Inv 10550' (Handwritten in pencil on the top right of the tape surrounding the plate.)
  • '16-2/ 50' (Handwritten in pencil on a circular white sticker on the bottom left 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
  • 10550 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • XRG847 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
Collection
Accession number
RPS.105-2018

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Record createdFebruary 5, 2018
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