Chillon
Artist
John Joscelyn Coghill(Irish, 1826–1905)Irish, 1826–1905
Artist
John A. Spencer(British, 1827–1878)British, 1827–1878
CultureBritish
Titles
- Chillon
- from The Photographic Album for the Year 1857, Being Contributions from the Members of The Photographic Club
Date1855
Place depictedChillon, Switzerland
MediumAlbumen silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/8 × 7 9/16 in. (15.5 × 19.2 cm)
Mount: 11 15/16 × 17 5/16 in. (30.4 × 43.9 cm)
Mount: 11 15/16 × 17 5/16 in. (30.4 × 43.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2023.168.7
Non exposé
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Published References Roger Taylor, "Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840-1860" (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Washington: National Gallery of Art ; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007), 83-95. Helmut Gernsheim, "Incunabula of British photographic literature: a bibliography of British photographic literature, 1839-75, and British books illustrated with original photographs" (London; Berkeley: Scolar Press in association with Derbyshire College of Higher Education, 1984), 72.
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