World Pictures in Capitals

People:

Edward Tuckerman Potter (author)
Henry Coppée (author)
Edward Tuckerman Potter (photographer)
Edward Tuckerman Potter (architect)
Edward Tuckerman Potter (sculptor)

Title:

World Pictures in Capitals

Date:

published 1869

Description:

- Contemporary binding consists of purple, embossed cloth-covered boards and spine. There are gold gilt inscriptions on the front and back covers of the book. Endpapers are of brown paper. Pages are of brownish white paper. Secondary supports are of brownish white cardboard and are covered with tracing paper. Pages and secondary supports have gold gilt edging. The book is comprised of a title page, 21 pages of text and 40 photographs. Photographs are mounted 5 to a secondary support and are framed by a yellowish brown boarder and lines.

Form:
books
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 book(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver prints

Dimensions:

book (closed): 29.2 x 24.2 x 1.4 cm (11 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 9/16 in.) secondary supports (approx.): 28.4 x 23.2 cm (11 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.) pages (approx.): 28.4 x 23.2 cm (11 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.)

Reference number:

PH1988:0453:001-040

Point of View:

close-up views
interior views

Inscription:

inscribed

Location:

Duchess County; New York; United States;

Subject:

architecture
sculpture

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

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