Félix Méheux
Test Tubes with Fungus Samples

ArtistFrench, 1838–1908
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Test Tubes with Fungus Samples
Date1887
MediumWoodburytype
DimensionsImage: 5 7/8 × 4 7/16 in. (15 × 11.2 cm)
Sheet: 5 7/8 × 4 7/16 in. (15 × 11.2 cm)
Mount: 9 7/16 × 5 9/16 in. (24 × 14.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by various donors
Object number2017.5
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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Denis Canguilhem, Paris]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black, recto, top left above image: ANNALES DE L’INSTITUT PASTEUR Pl. XI
Printed in black, recto, below image left: Fig. 1 // ACHORION // en godets // (42° jour)
Printed in black, recto, below image center: Fig. 2 // ACHORION // en cultures suivies // (17° jour)
Printed in black, recto, below image right: Fig. 3 // TRICOPHYTON // (17° jour)
Printed in black, recto, bottom edge: Méhuex, phot. Photoglypt. Lemercier. Paris.
In negative, recto, in image to the left of each text tube: F. Méhuex, phot.

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