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Photograph - 'The Auberge de Castille', Malta, circa 1870
Reg. No: MM 108971
- Summary:
- One of seventy six photographs in a photograph album. Twenty-three photographs are of the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880. The other forty-nine photographs are from 'Frith's Series'. These large-format images were taken by British photographer Francis Frith or members of his staff, of Gibraltar, and villages and towns in Britain.
- Description:
- Albumen photograph mounted on buff-coloured card in red, cloth-covered, photograph album with decorative gold tooled border and gold tooled lettering in centre of front cover.
- Description Of Content:
- View of the Auberge de Castille, Malta. Photograph by Francis Frith, circa 1870.
- Acknowledgement:
- Source: Museum Victoria
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 158 mm (Height), 210 mm (Width) |
| Dimension Comment: | Dimensions of photograph only |
More information
| Tagged with: | art, public institutions, photography, townships, photographic studios, forts |
| Themes this item is part of: | Images & Image Making Collection, Leisure Collection, Royal Exhibition Building Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MILITARY HISTORY |
| Secondary Classification: | Fortifications |
| Tertiary Classification: | (to be classified) |
| Inscriptions: | Written inside the front cover of album: 'W.W.Scott/ c/o Horticultural Press/ 78A Victoria Street/ Melbourne C1/ Box 1944/ Phone F2656/ [illegible]; Sold by G.W.Harris, Donolly Victoria.' Embossed on photograph at bottom left corner: 'FRITH'S/SERIES' Printed on photograph at bottom edge: '1981 THE AUBERGE DE CASTILLE' |
| Format: | Photograph: Monochrome |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Valetta, Malta, circa 1870 |
| Photographer: | Francis Frith, England |
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