[Ruins of a shrine at the oasis of Biskra, Algeria]
Photograph
[Ruins of a shrine at the oasis of Biskra, Algeria]
Ruines d'un marabout dans l'oasis de Biskra
1850
Daguerreotype
Image: 2 7/8 × 3 13/16 in. (7.3 × 9.7 cm)
Overall (1/2 plate): 4 5/8 × 5 5/8 × 3/16 in. (11.8 × 14.3 × 0.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
Inscriptions Etched on recto, BL / BC / BR: Delemotte & Alary / marabout / Biskra 1850
Signed and inscribed in ink, verso, TC: Ruines d'un marabout \ dans l'oasis de Biskra \ Mai 1850 \ Delemotte [on original label which was attached by mistake to the back of 1/2 plate daguerreotype 1976:168:11, ca. 1977, when both objects were treated in the Conservation Dept.]
Inscribed in ink (Cromer's hand) on verso, BL: signé Delemotte et Alary \ plaque épais. [épaisseur] moyenne, non biseautée. [on original label which was attached by mistake to the back of 1/2 plate daguerreotype 1976:168:11, ca. 1977, when both objects were treated in the Conservation Dept.]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, BC: 10D-366
Signed and inscribed in ink, verso, TC: Ruines d'un marabout \ dans l'oasis de Biskra \ Mai 1850 \ Delemotte [on original label which was attached by mistake to the back of 1/2 plate daguerreotype 1976:168:11, ca. 1977, when both objects were treated in the Conservation Dept.]
Inscribed in ink (Cromer's hand) on verso, BL: signé Delemotte et Alary \ plaque épais. [épaisseur] moyenne, non biseautée. [on original label which was attached by mistake to the back of 1/2 plate daguerreotype 1976:168:11, ca. 1977, when both objects were treated in the Conservation Dept.]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, BC: 10D-366
