Troisieme Livraison. Thebes
Photograph
1852 (photographed)
1852 (photographed)
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A letterpress printed folio
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| Materials and techniques | letterpress printed folded paper |
| Brief description | Paper folio originally made to contain five photographs with tissue overleaves by Maxime Du Camp. 'Troisieme Livraison. Thebes', originally containing plates 11, 12, 13, 44 and 45 in the series 'Égypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie. Dessins Photographiques recuillis pendant les années 1849, 1850 et 1851', letterpress printed folded paper, published 1852. |
| Physical description | A letterpress printed folio |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Photographer's and publisher's credits, series title, plate numbers (letterpress, printed label, 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 one of five paper letterpress wrappers associated with 24 photographs made by Maxime du Camp (from an original set of 125), printed by Blanquart-Evrard and published by Gide et J. Baudry, Éditeurs, as part of a 25 part subscription series, each containing 5 salted paper print plates, each with tissue interleaves. |
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| Accession number | RPS.865-2024 |
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| Record created | April 5, 2024 |
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