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Record Detail


Call Number:

PH-00529

Collection Name:

[Franco-German War album, 1870]

Creator:

Wharncliffe, Edward Montagu Stuart Granville Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, Earl of, 1827-1899 (1827 - 1899)

No. of Items:

36 items

Span Dates:

1871?

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.

Location(s):

[Franco-German War album, 1870] (964:0946:0001-0036)
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