Caption

Ten pieces of wood affected by worms, from the port of Les Sables-d'Olonne, France, Bois exposés à l'action du Taret au port des Sables-d'Olonne, photograph, number: 'Pl. XXI.', annotation: 'Essences diverses créosotées à l'atelier du Port des Sables-d'Olonne., 5 Novembre 1866.', 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 large sheet with a rectangular grid of photographic prints showing cross sections and angled slices of tree trunks and wood pieces in light beige against darker brown rectangular backgrounds, arranged in rows and columns with thin white borders between them, the wood pieces displaying visible growth rings, radial patterns, rounded and polygonal shapes, some with irregular edges and surface blemishes or spots, and one circular disk in the lower right, all mounted on a cream-colored paper with a thin frame line near the edges.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A77_105

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49.3Mb (5.7Mb) / 15.9in x 12.0in / 4779 x 3603 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ten pieces wood affected worms port Les Sables-d'Olonne France Bois exposés à l'action du Taret au des Sables-d'Olonne photograph number Pl Xxi annotation Essences diverses créosotées à l'atelier du Port 5 Novembre 1866 signature B Crolet photographer 1867 paper pasteboard albumen print albumendruk height 332 mm x width 441 mm wood timber building material large sheet rectangular grid photographic prints showing cross sections angled slices tree trunks wood pieces light beige darker brown rectangular backgrounds arranged rows columns thin white borders them displaying visible growth rings radial patterns rounded polygonal shapes irregular edges surface blemishes spots circular disk lower right mounted cream-colored paper thin frame line near edges