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Crace, John G.
British (1809-1889)

TITLE ON OBJECT: The Court of Lions in the Alhambra
ALBUM TITLE: "The Photographic Album for the Year 1857"

April 1855
PUBLISHER: Photographic Exchange Club
toned albumen print from collodion negative
12.9 x 20.1 cm.
Museum Purchase: ex-collection A.E. Marshall
GEH NEG: 31959
79:1992:0010

INSCRIPTION: (printed on adjoining page) "The Court of Lions in the Alhambra, Spain." "Photographed by John G. Crace" "Taken on Collodion, April, 1855, in sunlight; Exposure one minute and a half; developed with Pyrogallic Acid." "Lens by Lerebours; focal length fifteen inches; diameter three inches; Diaphragm half an inch." "Printed on albumenized paper, coloured with Gold, by John G. Crace." mount verso- (in pencil) "photographic album for the year 1857" (passage quoting Washington Irving)

NOTES: Catalogued 1/91, MMC. For full passage refer to album.

SUBJECT: architecture, courtyard / Court of the Lions

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