Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Negretti and Zambra
Title:
[Silenus with the infant Bacchus in front of the Greek and Roman Courts at the Crystal Palace exhibition, Sydenham]
Published / Created:
London : H. Negretti & Zambra, [not before 1854]
Physical Description:
1 photograph : stereoscopic daguerreotype, within a double-windowed mat, mounted on glass ; mount 9 x 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Photographs
Notes:
The verso of the mount bears a printed label on blue paper, with two coin logos: "Photographers to the Crystal Palace Company. H. Negretti & Zambra. Meteorological instrument makers, and opticians, no. 11, Hatton Garden, London." The firm was appointed as Photographers to the Crystal Palace Company in 1854.
Subject Terms:
Dionysus (Greek deity) | Praxiteles, active 4th century B.C. Silenus with the infant Bacchus. | Silenus (Mythological character) | Crystal Palace (Sydenham, London, England) | Sculpture, Greek.
Form/Genre:
Cased photographs. | Daguerreotypes (photographs) | Stereoscopic photographs. | Photographs.