Photograph, Albumen, Composite: Vice-Regal Tobogganing Party The Descent

Photograph

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Bytown Museum / Musée Bytown

Name/Title

Photograph, Albumen, Composite: Vice-Regal Tobogganing Party "The Descent"

Entry/Object ID

P4510

Description

One black and white photograph depicting people descending down a toboggan slide. The Governor General, Earl of Dufferin is on the toboggan in the center of the image, he is on the back of the toboggan with two other people in front of him. In the background are snow covered trees. The figures in the photographed are imposed on the drawn background. The photograph is displayed in a black wooden frame with a gold painted inner border and covered with glass.

Made/Created

Notes

Photographic, paper, Wood, Paint, Glass, Metal, ink, PHOTOGRAPH, PHOTOGRAPH

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

"The Vice-Regal Tobogganing Party // Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Can. // "The Descent".

Notes

Printed in black ink and centered on the mat below the photograph.

Transcription

"Topley Photo Ottawa"

Notes

Printed in black ink on the bottom right corner of the photograph.

Transcription

"F.M. Bell Smith"

Notes

Printed in black ink in the bottom left corner of the photograph.

Transcription

"Entd. Acc to Parl't of Can.in the year 1876 by W.B. Topley in the office of the Min. of Agric."

Notes

Written below the bottom right corner of the photograph.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Print, Albumen

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Picture, Picture, Furnishings

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Photograph, Albumen

Dimensions

Height

47.5 cm

Width

62.9 cm

Depth

3.3 cm