La Ville de Gien, France

People:

Alfred Saint-Martin (photographer)

Title:

La Ville de Gien, France

Date:

1843

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Daguerreotype

Dimensions:

composition (visual image; truncated corners): 6,8 x 9,1 cm plate (approx.): 12,8 x 15,1 cm frame: 18,2 x 20,6 x 0,9 cm

Reference number:

PH1989:0008

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

Passe-partout style housing with image plate housed under a white paper mat which has thin, gold ink outlines aorund image opening. Plate and mat are housed under glass with a green paper backing within a wooden frame.

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, carved into wooden frame, l.c.: "Gien en 1843" inscribed - by an unknown hand, ink, verso, u.c.:"Daguerreotypé [sic] le 28 avril 1843/par Alfred Saint Martin" labelled and imprinted - ink, verso, l.c.:"portraits/au/Daguerréotype/à l'Ombre, à l'Intérieur/& en quelques secondes"

Location:

France

Subject Descriptive Terms:

town
church

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

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