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Yokohama Temple

Photograph
1914 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Messinger Murdoch, Helen (photographer)
Place of origin
Yokohama (photographed)
Japan (photographed)

Autochrome depicting a Japanese temple, with a stone pillar on either edge of the image with a rope hung between them. Two seperate glass plates taped around the edges, with tape covering 1/3 of the plate, changing the image orientation from landscape to portrait, with the emulsion under the tape in the bottom corner raised away from the glass but stable.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Religion
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
TitleYokohama Temple (generic title)
Materials and techniques
autochrome
Glass
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Helen Messinger Murdoch, 'Yokohama Temple', Japan, autochrome, 1914
Physical description
Autochrome depicting a Japanese temple, with a stone pillar on either edge of the image with a rope hung between them. Two seperate glass plates taped around the edges, with tape covering 1/3 of the plate, changing the image orientation from landscape to portrait, with the emulsion under the tape in the bottom corner raised away from the glass but stable.
Dimensions
  • Height: 83mm
  • Width: 107mm
  • Depth: 3mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Inv 10801' (Handwritten in pencil on the top right of the tape surrounding the plate.)
  • '2-8' (Handwritten in ink on a circular sticker on the bottom left of the tape surrounding the plate.)
  • 'Yokohama temple at Japan' (Handwritten in pencil on a 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
Yokohama
Other numbers
  • 10801 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • XRG852 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.1231-2018

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1432387/yokohama-temple-photograph-messinger-murdoch-helen/
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