Caption

Sugarweed, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Laminaria saccharina (L.) Lamour.', number: 'Planche 6.', number: '14', France, cliché maker: Bellotti, Saint-Étienne, publisher: Paul Klincksieck, Paris, c. 1882 - in or before 1892, photographer, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 161 mm x width 119 mm, algae, seaweed, A vertical pale page shows a large elongated brown seaweed specimen with two long tapering fronds hanging downward from a wider top; the fronds display textured, slightly wavy surfaces with visible ridges and irregular edges, one frond is wider and more folded while the other is narrower and partially torn near its lower portion, the lower end of the specimen tapers to a thin stalk with a small rootlike attachment, and the background is a light, slightly mottled off-white.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A99_118

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40.7Mb (6.2Mb) / 10.3in x 15.4in / 3081 x 4615 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sugarweed page photomechanical print inscription Laminaria saccharina L Lamour number Planche 6 14 France cliché maker Bellotti Saint-Étienne publisher Paul Klincksieck Paris c 1882 - 1892 photographer paper collotype photoprint height 161 mm x width 119 mm algae seaweed vertical pale page large elongated brown specimen two long tapering fronds hanging downward wider top display textured slightly wavy surfaces visible ridges irregular edges frond wider folded narrower partially torn near lower portion lower specimen tapers thin stalk small rootlike attachment background light slightly mottled off-white