Glass plate negatives
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Sheets of glass coated with light-sensitive emulsion that have been exposed and developed, and that are intended as matrices for the creation of positive photographic prints on another support.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Views of Persian and Indian architecture, monuments, gardens, and manuscripts
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
Collection Identifier: PH.GL.004
Content Description:
Views of Persian and Indian architecture, monuments, gardens, and manuscripts. The glass negatives include images of the Taj Mahal and Sikandar Bagh ("Gate of Sikandarah") in Agra, India. Most of the lantern slides were produced by commercial studios, and many are reproductions of slides in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Slides produced by Edward van Altena and the Lynvers Company are highly represented. The authorship of the glass negatives is unknown, though...