View of Tripoli showing the New Bridge, Ottoman Empire (now in Lebanon)

People:

Louis De Clercq (photographer)

Title:

View of Tripoli showing the New Bridge, Ottoman Empire (now in Lebanon)

Date:

1859-1860

Description:

- Suzanne K. Williamson indentifies the bridge in this photograph as the Jisral-Jadid Bridge (Oct. 1986). It is identified in the title as the "New Bridge" based on the imprinted title "TRIPOLI / VUE DU PONT NEUF". Further research should include verification of this information and identification of the source(s) from which it was obtained.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print from a paper negative

Dimensions:

comp.: 21.5 x 56.1 cm page: 45.6 x 58.9 cm

Reference number:

PH1980:0048.01:017

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- This image consists of two prints joined together at u.r. and l.r. of the one and u.l. and l.l. of the other.

Inscription:

numbered - by the photographer ? scratched in the negative, l.r.: "17." imprinted - in black ink, on the secondary support under the image, l.c.: with title; and "L de C" [within shield]

Location:

Tripoli; Lebanon;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

houses
bridge (built work)

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

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