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Palestine. Jérusalem. Porte Dorée

Photograph
1852 (photographed)
Artist/Maker

A letterpress printed tissue overleaf

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Palestine. Jérusalem. Porte Dorée (generic title)
  • Égypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie. Dessins Photographiques recuillis pendant les années 1849, 1850 et 1851 (series title)
Materials and techniques
letterpress printed tissue paper
Brief description
Tissue interleaf for photograph by Maxime Du Camp, 'Palestine. Jérusalem. Porte Dorée', plate 118 from the series 'Égypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie. Dessins Photographiques recuillis pendant les années 1849, 1850 et 1851', letterpress printed tissue paper, published 1852
Physical description
A letterpress printed tissue overleaf
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 45cm
  • Paper width: 32cm
Marks and inscriptions
title and additional historical information relating to archaeological site depicted in associated plate. (letterpress, recto, paper)
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
Object history
This is the tissue overleaf associated with one of 24 photographs (from an original set of 125) published by Gide et J. Baudry, Éditeurs, as part of a 25 part subscription series, each containing 5 plates, together with tissue interleaves and letterpress wrapper.
Collection
Accession number
RPS.860:2-2024

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Record createdApril 5, 2024
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