Vallende schoorsteen en een kraaiende haan

anonymous, c. 1898 - in or before 1908

  • Artwork typepage, photomechanical print
  • Object numberRP-F-2001-7-462-9
  • Dimensionsheight 192 mm x width 123 mm
  • Physical characteristicsautotypie

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Two instantaneous photographs (title on object)
    • Vallende schoorsteen en een kraaiende haan

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-F-2001-7-462-9

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription: ‘The upper illustration is of a disused chimey-stack being demolished. The falling chimey appears to be stationary in mid-air, having been photographed in one-hundredth part of a second by means of a Thornton-Pickard focal-plane shutter. The lower illustration shows the attitude of a cock when crowing, and was taken in one-eightieth part of a second by means of a Thornton-Pickard time and instantaneous shutter.’

Creation

  • Creation

    • photographer: anonymous
    • printmaker: anonymous
    • commissioner (person who orders works): Thornton-Pickard (possibly)

  • Dating

    c. 1898 - in or before 1908

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    autotypie

  • Dimensions

    height 192 mm x width 123 mm

Explanatory note

  • Prenten tegenover pagina 82.

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2001

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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