Bibliothèque du Vatican

Charles Soulier (French, 1840-1875)c. 1860

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Title: Bibliothèque du Vatican
Creator: Charles Soulier (French, 1840-1875)
Date Created: c. 1860
Physical Dimensions: Image: 25.4 x 19.1 cm (10 x 7 1/2 in.); Paper: 25.4 x 19.1 cm (10 x 7 1/2 in.); Matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.); Mounted, primary: 35.2 x 24.7 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.); Mounted, secondary: 53.2 x 38 cm (20 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Provenance: Michael Mattis wrote that these photographs were part of a larger group "gathered over 20 years from a variety of small-fry European dealers and/or auction."
Type: Photograph
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.441
Medium: albumen print from a collodion negative
Inscriptions: Imprinted on primary mount: "Photographié après nature par CH. SOULIER" Adhered to recto of mount is a cut out piece of magazine type imprinted with black text: "Biliothéque du Vatican/467" Written in pencil on verso of mount: "70" "IT-17" Partially erased in pencil on verso of mount: "2002" "5"
Department: Photography
Culture: France, 19th century
Credit Line: Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg
Collection: Photography
Accession Number: 2012.441

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