Daguerreotype: Plate 21 1841-1845

Collection: Private collection, France
Language: English
Type: European
Deeplink: http://daguerreobase.org/en/type/9d8e6266-292e-4ba0-cbf4-97f895dae4f3

Summary

Identification

Plate 21

Dated

Source
Begin: 1841
End: 1845

Image description

Very indistinct image. Some foliage can be seen silhouetted against the sky.

Tags

foliage; sky; wall

Links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph-Philibert_Girault_de_Prangey
http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/13583/joseph-philibert-girault-de-prangey-french-1804-1892/

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Object

Subject location

Istanbul

Identification

Plate 21

Dated

Source
Begin: 1841
End: 1845

Number of plates

Assessments

Provenance

Image description

Very indistinct image. Some foliage can be seen silhouetted against the sky.

Subject name

Inscription

82. Constantinople Murailles.

Keyword technique

daguerreotype

links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph-Philibert_Girault_de_Prangey
http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/13583/joseph-philibert-girault-de-prangey-french-1804-1892/

Stereo plates

Housing size

Height: 201 mm / 7.91 inch
Width: 132 mm / 5.2 inch

Housing shape

Rectangle

Collection

Identifier: Private collection, France

Creator

Name: Girault de Prangey, Philibert-Joseph
nationality: France

Assessment

Previous altering: Yes
Housing: Changed
Signs: Resealed

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Housing

Mat

Case

Rails decoration remarks

Cover

Rails

Decoration remarks
Present: Unknown
Decoration present: Unknown

Cushion present

Unknown

Retainer

Present: Unknown

Insert

Present: Unknown

Interior tray retainer present

Unknown

Rails present

Unknown

Metal foil preserver present

Unknown

Binding

Frame

Material: Paper tape
Colour: Black

Finishing paper

Backing

Label annotations: 82. Constantinople Murailles.

Cover glass

Present: Yes
Painted: No
Strass: Unknown
Decoration: None

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Plate

Polishing lines

Annotation

Surface

Goldtoning present: No
Coating present: No
Applied coloring present: No

Securing

Securing retained by housing: Unknown

Shape

Rectangle

Material

Silver copper

Backplate surface

Copper

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Hallmark

No plate-mark information available for this record

Gallery

Rights on every image:: The Public Domain Mark (PDM)

Before conservation