Photography Collections Database
Record Detail
Call Number: |
PH-00529 |
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Collection Name: |
[Franco-German War album, 1870] |
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Creator: |
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No. of Items: |
36 items |
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Span Dates: |
1871? |
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Description: |
Photographic album of the Franco-German war compiled by Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Wharncliffe (British, 1827-1899) containing 39 mounted albumen photographs. Helmut Gernsheim notes: "1.1 photographs, formerly in the possession of Lord Wharncliffe. Mostly about 8 x 10, but also including a number of half and quarter-plate photographs of the battle fronts and towns around which the most heated battles were fought ... many other unique documentary action photographs." Original handwritten captions by Lord Wharncliffe. |
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Location(s): |
[Franco-German War album, 1870] (964:0946:0001-0036) |
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