Caption

Six pieces of wood affected by worms, taken from the coastline in Vendée, France, Bois naturels exposés à l'action du Taret sur le littoral de la Vendée, photograph, number: 'Pl. VIII.', annotation: 'Fig. 1, Echantillon de chêne, mise en place.', 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 background with a large decorative heading near the top, beneath which are a grid of rectangular panels showing pale, irregular textured shapes on darker rectangular fields, each panel topped by small handwritten labels and spaced with wide margins, with additional handwritten script centered between the upper and lower rows and a signature near the lower right, the overall palette consisting of beige, tan, and brown tones with high-contrast pale textured foam- or sponge-like forms inside the darker rectangles.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B09_031

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40.8Mb (4.2Mb) / 15.0in x 10.6in / 4494 x 3175 (300dpi)

Keywords

Six pieces wood affected worms coastline Vendée France Bois naturels exposés à l'action du Taret le littoral de la Vendée photograph number Pl Viii annotation Fig 1 Echantillon de chêne mise en place signature B Crolet photographer 1867 paper pasteboard albumen print albumendruk height 332 mm x width 441 mm wood timber building material pale background large decorative heading near top beneath grid rectangular panels showing pale irregular textured shapes darker rectangular fields panel topped small handwritten labels spaced wide margins additional handwritten script centered upper lower rows signature near lower right palette consisting beige tan brown tones high-contrast textured foam- sponge- forms inside darker rectangles