The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostella [sic] in Spain: Showing especially the Sculpture of the Portico de la Gloria, By Mestre Mateo

People:

Charles Thurston Thompson (photographer)

Title:

The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostella [sic] in Spain: Showing especially the Sculpture of the Portico de la Gloria, By Mestre Mateo

Date:

published 1868

Description:

- Contemporary binding consists of grey paper-covered boards with a black leather spine. There is a gold gilt inscription on the spine and black imprinted inscriptions on the cover. Endpages are of white brownish white paper. The book is comprised of a tile page, 4 pages of text, a list of photographs and 20 photographs.

Form:
books
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 book(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver prints

Dimensions:

book (closed): 47.1 x 37.7 x 1.3 cm (18 9/16 x 14 13/16 x 1/2 in.) secondary supports (approx.): 47 x 37.2 cm (18 1/2 x 14 5/8 in.) pages (approx.): 47 x 37.2 cm (18 1/2 x 14 5/8 in.)

Reference number:

PH1987:1301:001-020

Point of View:

close-up views
exterior views
interior views

Inscription:

imprinted - in typescript and black ink, on the cover, u.c. to l.c.: "EXAMPLES OF ART WORKMANSHIP OF VARIOUS AGES / AND COUNTRIES. / THE CATHEDRAL OF / SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELLA [sic] / IN SPAIN. / SHOWING ESPECIALLY THE SCULPTURE OF / THE PORTICO DE LA GLORIA, / BY MESTRE MATEO. / A SERIES OF TWENTY PHOTOGRAPHS RECENTLY TAKEN BY THE / LATE MR. THURSTON THOMPSON. / Under the Sanction of the Science and Art Department, for the Use of Schools of Art and Amateurs. / LONDON: PUBLISHED BY THE ARUNDEL SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING / THE KNOWLEDGE OF ART, 24, OLD BOND STREET. / SOLD BY BELL AND DALDY, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. / 1868."

Location:

Santiago de Compostela; Spain;

Subject:

architecture
sculpture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

cathedral

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

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