Caption

Bois exposés à l'action du Taret au port des Sables-d'Olonne, Five pieces of wood affected by worms, from the port of Les Sables-d'Olonne, France, photograph, number: 'Pl. XVIII.', annotation: 'Sapin rouge du Nord, mètre Cube de bois.', signature: 'B. Crolet', photographer: B. Crolet (possibly), in or before 1867, B. Crolet, photographer, paper, pasteboard, albumen print, albumendruk, height 332 mm x width 441 mm, wood, timber, building material, worms, A pale beige sheet fills the image with a row of five vertical rectangular panels along the lower half, each panel containing a semicircular cross section of wood showing concentric growth rings and small dark spots on a muted brown background, the semicircles varying slightly in texture and tone; there is a narrow pale margin between the panels and a wide empty area above them with large ornamental dark strokes near the top edge, and a small ornate signature near the rightmost panel.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A77_103

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42.5Mb (4.1Mb) / 15.1in x 10.9in / 4530 x 3278 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bois exposés à l'action du Taret au port des Sables-d'Olonne Five pieces wood affected worms port Les Sables-d'Olonne France photograph number Pl Xviii annotation Sapin rouge du Nord mètre Cube de bois signature B Crolet photographer 1867 paper pasteboard albumen print albumendruk height 332 mm x width 441 mm wood timber building material pale beige sheet fills image row five vertical rectangular panels lower half panel containing semicircular cross section showing concentric growth rings small dark spots muted brown background semicircles varying slightly texture tone narrow pale margin panels wide empty area them large ornamental dark strokes near top edge small ornate signature near rightmost panel