'Telegraph Station, Jask' [‎21r-b] (1/1)

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Genre/Subject Matter:

General view of the British Telegraph Station at Jask. Typical of British Colonial architecture, the installation consists of at least five two-storey structures featuring round arches.

The foreground and middle-ground is made up of a stoney plain with little vegetation.

Inscriptions:

Upper right, in pencil alongside image: 'b', '41'

Below image, in pen: 'Telegraph Station, Jask'

Extent and format

1 b&w albumen Method of printing photographs using an emulsion of salt and egg white (albumen). print

Physical characteristics

Dimensions:

124 x 205 mm

Format:

Albumen Method of printing photographs using an emulsion of salt and egg white (albumen). print on paper

Condition:

The print is in good condition with staining and light creasing in the sky area in the upper left and right corners and minor surface dirt throughout. Inscriptions on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. are faintly visible on the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. .

Foliation:

‘b’ (crossed out); ‘41’

Process:

Albumen Method of printing photographs using an emulsion of salt and egg white (albumen). print

Written in

English in Latin script

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