Photograph of a drawing of a nativity scene affixed to a Christmas card

People:

Unknown (photographer)

Title:

Photograph of a drawing of a nativity scene affixed to a Christmas card

Date:

1863 or before

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

composition (irreg.): 3.4 x 2.6 cm secondary support: 6.1 x 9.2 cm tertiary support (irreg.): 28.3 x 23.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1980:1237

Point of View:

interior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1980:1236 to PH1980:1238 are mounted on the recto and verso of a sheet of white laid paper. Photograph PH1980:1236 is mounted on one side of the sheet, and photographs PH1980:1237 and PH1980:1238 are mounted on the other side of the sheet. PH1980:1237 is a photograph of a drawing of the nativity scene and is mounted on a secondary support painted as a Christmas card, further mounted on the tertiary support.

Inscription:

imprinted - in typescript and purple ink, on the secondary support, l.l. to l.r.: with title [within a decorative ribbon design]; and b.: "Laytons London"

Subject Descriptive Terms:

drawing
Christmas card
ribbon

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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