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Cinquieme Livraison. Haute Egypte

Photograph
1852 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Gide Et Baudry (photographers)
Du Camp, Maxime (photographer)

A letterpress printed folio

Object details

Categories
The Royal Photographic Society
Photographs
Tourism & Travel
Object type
photograph
Titles
  • Cinquieme Livraison. Haute Egypte (generic title)
  • Égypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie. Dessins Photographiques recuillis pendant les années 1849, 1850 et 1851 (series title)
Materials and techniques
letterpress printed folded paper
Paper
Photography
Letterpress Printing
Brief description
Paper folio originally made to contain five photographs with tissue overleaves by Maxime Du Camp. 'Cinquieme Livraison. Haute Egypte', originally containing plates 16, 17, 19, 20 and 23 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
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 46.5cm
  • Paper width: 33.5cm
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.
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.867-2024

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Record createdApril 5, 2024
Record URL
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