Calais Pier
Calais Pier

Currently not on view

Calais Pier,

ca. 1850s–60s

British photographer
x1993-21

Information

Title
Calais Pier
Dates

ca. 1850s–60s

Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
9.3 × 13.1 cm (3 11/16 × 5 3/16 in.) mount: 22.4 x 19 cm. (8 13/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, anonymous gift
Object Number
x1993-21
Place Made

Europe, England

Place Depicted

Europe, France, Calais

Inscription
Titled in ink in unknown hand on page, below image center: Calais Pier
Culture
British
Type
albumen process, photographs, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
mounting, albumen process
Subject
boats, reproductions, figures (representations), men, oceans, engravings

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