Daguerreotype: FST_XIII_1161 1845-1850

  • Collection: Fondazione Scienza e Tecnica di Firenze (FST), Italy i
  • Language: English
  • Type: European
  • Deeplink: http://www.daguerreobase.org/en/type/13611ff7-6c09-8286-92bf-06828680f71e RDF Logo

Summary

Summary

Identification
FST_XIII_1161
Dated
Source
Begin
1845
End
1850
Image description
Reproduction of an engraving representing an aerial view of San Miniato al Monte standing atop one of the highest points in the city of Florence.
Tags
aerial view; church; copy of engraving

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Object

Object

Identification
FST_XIII_1161
Dated
Source
Begin
1845
End
1850
Number of plates
1
Assessments
Provenance
Title
Aerial view of the romanesque church San Miniato al Monte
Image description
Reproduction of an engraving representing an aerial view of San Miniato al Monte standing atop one of the highest points in the city of Florence.
Subject name
Keyword technique
daguerreotype
links
Stereo plates
No
Window size
Height
145 mm / 5.71 inch
Width
112 mm / 4.41 inch
Housing size
Height
275 mm / 10.83 inch
Width
240 mm / 9.45 inch
Depth
25 mm / 0.98 inch
Window shape
Rectangle with round corners
Housing shape
Rectangle
Collection
Identifier
Fondazione Scienza e Tecnica di Firenze (FST), Italy
Description
Fondazione Scienza e Tecnica di Firenze (FST) via Giusti, 29-50121 Firenze Italy -tel +3939 055 2341157-242241 -fax +39 055 2343140. The Photographic Archive of the Fondazione Scienza e Tecnica, helds ancient and modern materials. It is divided into two sections: the historic archive and the modern archive. The historic archive includes various portraits of professors and students and a collection of didactic slides on plates produced by the Istituto Tecnico Galileo Galilei, the direct heir of the ancient Istituto Tecnico Toscano. The modern archive conserves more than 3000 pictures that reproduce objects of the physics, natural sciences, and arts and manufactures collections, the graphics collections, and several frontispieces and illustrations of library books.
Assessment
 

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Housing

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 1
Material
Wood
Colour
Gold
Decoration style
Bas relief ornaments
Frame 2
Material
Wood
Colour
Gold
Style
Rectangle
Frame 3
Material
Wood
Colour
Gold
Finishing paper
 
Backing
 
Cover glass 1
Present
Yes
Painted
Unknown
Strass
Unknown
Colour
White
Shape
Rectangle with round corners
Line colour
Black; Gold
Cover glass 2
Present
Unknown
Painted
Unknown
Strass
Unknown
Colour
White
Line colour
Black; Gold
Cover glass 3
Present
Yes
Painted
Yes
Strass
Unknown
Colour
White
Decoration
Ornaments

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Plate

Plate

Polishing lines
Annotation
Surface
Goldtoning present
Unknown
Coating present
Unknown
Applied coloring present
Unknown
Securing
Securing retained by housing
Unknown

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Hallmark

Hallmark

No plate-mark information available for this record

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