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67. Colosseum Rome (2nd series)

Photograph
February 1846 - May 1846
Artist/Maker
Jones, Calvert Richard Rev.

Photograph by Rev. Calvert R Jones, 67. Colosseum in Rome (2nd series), salted paper print from a calotype negative, 1846.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
The Royal Photographic Society
RPS Digitisation Project
Object type
Photograph
Title67. Colosseum Rome (2nd series) (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Not available for issue to the public in the Prints and Drawings Study Room due to light sensitivity. Please contact the Photography Department via our enquiry service for further information.
Salted Paper
Calotype
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Rev. Calvert R Jones, 67. Colosseum in Rome (2nd series), salted paper print from a calotype negative, 1846.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 162mm
  • Image width: 208mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Patent Talbotype or Sun Pictures stamp (Stamp)
  • 386 5/- The Coloseum Rome (Verso on mount, in ink)
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.
Production
From a negative at the Smithsonian, 3864[b]; same as photographs at the Smithsonian, 3864[a], 67.172.01; at the Fox Talbot Museum, LA380, LA1021; at the National Science and Media Museum, 1937-388/1, 1937-4547; at the Chicago Art Institute, 1967.148; at the National Gallery of Canada, P67:001; at the Auckland Institute [no institutional number].
Bibliographic references
  • The photographic work of Calvert Richard Jones, by Rollin Buckman (London: H.M.S.O. for the Science Museum, 1990): ar8.
  • Sun Pictures, Catalogue 5, by Hans P. Kraus Jr. (1993): plate 41.
Other numbers
  • RPS025312 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • old RPS 38 - Royal Photographic Society number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.314-2017

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Record createdApril 12, 2017
Record URL
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