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Luxuriant beauty of the park. A delightful retreat from the gambling tables. Monte Carlo

Photograph
ca. 1900 (Photographed)
Artist/Maker
Realistic Travels (publishers)
Place of origin
Monaco (photographed)

Two sepia-coloured arch shaped stereo photographs mounted on card with rounded corners to be viewed through a stereoscope showing views a landscaped garden flanked by palm trees in front of a neo-classical bank building, Credit Lyonnais.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Tourism & Travel
Topography
Landscapes
Object type
Photograph
TitleLuxuriant beauty of the park. A delightful retreat from the gambling tables. Monte Carlo (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin silver process
Photographic Paper
Card Support
Photography
Gelatin Silver Process
Brief description
Stereographic photographs by Realistic Travels, 'Luxuriant beauty of the park. A delightful retreat from the gambling tables. Monte Carlo', gelatin silver prints, ca. 1900
Physical description
Two sepia-coloured arch shaped stereo photographs mounted on card with rounded corners to be viewed through a stereoscope showing views a landscaped garden flanked by palm trees in front of a neo-classical bank building, Credit Lyonnais.
Dimensions
  • Card height: 9.3cm
  • Card width: 18.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'REALISTIC TRAVELS / LONDON CAPE TOWN BOMBAY MELBOURNE TORONTO / BY ROYAL COMMAND TO THEIR IMPERIAL MAJESTIES / KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY / Luxuriant beauty of the park. A delightful retreat from the gambling tables. Monte Carlo' (printed, recto number inscribed on recto 14361)
  • ' Inv 14361' / Four steroscopic views / from Mr. Ivor A. England / Central Middlesex Hospital / 18 April 1972' (pencil, verso)
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.
Subjects depicted
Landscape Gardens
Palm Trees
Place depicted
Monaco
Other numbers
  • XRG671 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • Inv. 14361 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • Stereoscopes Box 16 - RPS identifier - box number
  • PH 455 - RPS identifier - alternative
  • Stereo cards 41 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.890-2022

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Record createdSeptember 26, 2022
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1730807/luxuriant-beauty-of-the-park-photograph-realistic-travels/
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