- Additional Authors
- Description
- 110 photomechanical prints : photochrom prints; 17 x 23 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Primarily views of European locales, including unidentified street scenes in France; an aqueduct; waterfront scenes with ships; tombs, including Leon Gambetta's; unidentified aristocratic interiors; and obelisk on the back of a sculpted elephant in an unidentifed square; a shepherd and his flock; a monument to H.P. de Saussure at Chamonix; views of Switzerland including views of mountains, glaciers, streams, waterfalls, bridges, a cog railroad, boats on Lake Geneva, chateau, a small chapel, a fountain in Bern, the village of Leysin, and the Dent du Midi, women doing laundry in a lake; views along the Rhine, including Rheinfalls, Godesberg, Braubach; a German monument; a view of the English countryside; British seaside views including beaches, bathers, piers and boats at Hastings, Clovelly, Southport, Margate, Clacton-on-Sea, Bournemouth, Whitby, Saltburn by the Sea and Teignmouth; rocky coast at Silex Bay; a steam vessel, the Marguerite; a view of New York tenements with laundry hanging out. Some views duplicated.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Landscapes.
- Photochrom prints.
- Photolithographs.
- Photomechanical prints.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Includes views labelled Detroit Publishing Company, The Photochrom Co., and P.Z. [Photoglob Zurich], and views with no publisher identified. The Detroit Publishing Co. was the only publisher in the United States licensed by Photoglob Zurich to use the photochrom process developed by them.
- Most views have publisher, caption and number in gold ink on recto. Some views numbered in pencil on verso. Some views have company name and/or "AAC Color Photograph" stamped on verso.
- Views with no publisher identified numbered in pencil: 22, 24, 25, 33, 43, 48, 50, 1004, 1007, 1015, 1017, 1020, 1031-1033.
- Views by Photoglob Zurich are numbered
- Views by Detroit Publishing Co. and the Photochrom Co. are numbered
- Access (note)
- Provenance (note)
- Transferred from Picture Collection, 1992.
- Call Number
- MFY 93-6353
- OCLC
- NYPG93-F333
- Title
Photochroms of European scenes [graphic].
- Imprint
188-?-189-?
- Restricted Access
Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at division indicated.
- Provenance
Transferred from Picture Collection, 1992.
- Added Author
Detroit Publishing Co.. Publisher
Photochrom Co.. Publisher
Photoglob Zurich. Publisher
- Research Call Number
MFY 93-6353