Paper describing a view of Tenby town and habour, Pembrokeshire, Wales

People:

George B. Stokes (photographer)

Title:

Paper describing a view of Tenby town and habour, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Date:

October 1853

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 44.4 x 30.6 cm

Reference number:

PH1989:0045:001

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The paper is torn on edges. There is foxing on paper on verso.

Inscription:

inscribed - in black ink, c.: "Part of Tenby Town and Harbour, / PHOTOGRAPHED BY GEORGE STOKES. / TAKEN on Collodion, October, 1853, early in the morning; weather, clear; / Exposure forty seconds; developed with Pyrogallic Acid. / Lens by Voightlander; focal length seven and a half inches; diameter three / inches; Diaphragm quater of an inch. / Printed on ordinary albumenized paper by Mr. Spencer." inscribed - in black ink on verso, c.: "Part of Tenby Town and Harbour. / PHOTOGRAPHED BY GEORGE STOKES." inscribed - handwritten in red, c.: "7"

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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