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Porch. Alhambra: Granada

Photograph
1860s-1870s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Photograh of an ornamental porch with a man standing under it. Mounted on green card.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePorch. Alhambra: Granada (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
albumen print
Brief description
'Porch. Alhambra: Granada', photograph by Frith & Co.
Physical description
Photograh of an ornamental porch with a man standing under it. Mounted on green card.
Dimensions
  • Photograph height: 210mm
  • Photograph width: 161mm
  • Green card mount height: 331mm
  • Green card mount width: 267mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 2538 Porch. Alhambra: Granada (Printed on bottom edge of photograph)
  • probably Frith / LF (Inscribed in pencil on mount)
  • Granada / Alhambra (Inscribed in pen on mount)
  • Patio of the Lions, / entrance (Inscribed in pencil on mount.)
Object history
Francis Frith was one of the most successful commercial photographers from the 1860s onwards. Throughout the 1850s and 1860s photographs of historical and topographical sites were highly desirable. This image is part of the V&A's Frith archive which consists of some 4200 whole plate albumen prints. The photographs are file prints which were probably used as place-makers allowing easy retrieval of stocks of unmounted prints at the Francis Frith & Co Archive.
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Other number
2538 - F. Frith & Co. serial number
Collection
Accession number
E.3200-1995

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Record createdJuly 5, 2007
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