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Call Number:

PH-00512

Collection Name:

Dorsetshire Photographically Illustrated

Creator:

Pouncy, John, 1818-1894 (1818 - 1894)

No. of Items:

79 items

Span Dates:

1857

Description:

Four-part photographic album, bound in two volumes, entitled Dorsetshire Photographically Illustrated (London: Bland and Long, [1857]) that contains "the detail and touch of nature faithfully reproduced by a new process on stone by which views are rendered truthful, artistic and durable. The volumes contain a total of 79 photolithographs of architecture and scenery around Dorsetshire, England, by John Pouncy (British, 1818-1894).

Accession No(s):

964:0929:0001-0079; GernsheimCollection.

Location(s):

f DA 670 D7 P68 v.1 HRC-P (964:0928:0001-0039)
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f DA 670 D7 P68 v.2 HRC-P (964:0929:0040-0079)
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