The Sculptured Ornament of the Monastery of Batalha in Portugal: Twenty Photographs by the Late Thurston Thompson, with a Descriptive Account of the Building.

People:

Charles Thurston Thompson (photographer)

Title:

The Sculptured Ornament of the Monastery of Batalha in Portugal: Twenty Photographs by the Late Thurston Thompson, with a Descriptive Account of the Building.

Date:

published 1868

Form:
books
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 book(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver prints

Dimensions:

book: 47.4 x 37.4 x 2.0 cm secondary supports: 47.0 x 37.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1986:1424:001-020

Point of View:

exterior views
interior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Contemporary binding consists of bluish grey paper-covered boards with a brown leather spine. There are black pen and ink inscriptions on the front cover. Endpapers, pages and secondary supports are of brownish white paper. The book is comprised of a title page, 4 pages of text, a list of photographs and 20 photographs. Some pages and secondary supports have become detached from the binding of the book.

Inscription:

inscribed - see object for complete inscription

Location:

Batalha; Portugal;

Subject:

architecture
sculpture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

monastery
church

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

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