Nile Boats at Luxor

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Artist/Maker	Messinger Murdoch, Helen (photographer)
Place of origin	Luxor (photographed) Egypt (photographed)

Autochrome depicting a group of boats with sails visible on a river, the edge of the river on the right side of the image is lined with trees. Two glass plates sandwiched together to protect the autochrome emulsion layer, taped at the edges. The left edge of the tape is missing.

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Categories	Photographs Boats and Ships The Royal Photographic Society
Object type	Photograph
Title	Nile Boats at Luxor (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Autochrome Glass Autochrome Photography
Brief description	Photograph by Helen Messinger Murdoch, 'Nile Boats at Luxor', Egypt, autochrome, 1914
Physical description	Autochrome depicting a group of boats with sails visible on a river, the edge of the river on the right side of the image is lined with trees. Two glass plates sandwiched together to protect the autochrome emulsion layer, taped at the edges. The left edge of the tape is missing.
Dimensions	Height: 165mm Width: 216mm Depth: 3mm
Marks and inscriptions	'Inv 10953' (Handwritten in pencil on the top right edge of the tape surrounding the plate.) 'H M Murdoch F. R. P. S' (Handwritten on bottom right corner of the plate.) 'No 6 Nile Boats at Luxor Egypt/ H. M. Murdoch F.R.P.S' (Handwritten in white in the bottom edge of the tape surrounding the plate.) 'Trinity Court Boston Mass U.S.A.' (Handwritten in white on the right edge of the tape surrounding the plate.) '47' (Handwritten in ink of a white sticker on the bottom right corner of the tape surrounding the image.)
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.
Places depicted	Luxor Nile River Egypt
Other numbers	10955 - RPS identifier - inventory no. XRG845 - RPS collection - V&A identifier 16579 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
Collection	Department of Photography
Accession number	RPS.88-2018

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Record created	January 26, 2018
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1429449/nile-boats-at-luxor-photograph-messinger-murdoch-helen/

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