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Object within Schaaf no. 5585

Bust of Patroclus, two negatives to be printed in register

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Bust of Patroclus, two negatives to be printed in register

Created: Between 1 Sep 1845 and 30 Sep 1845

Image size: h 11.5cm x w 9.5cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Physical description: waxed; envelope writing transferred into the wax

Inscription: a line, possibly 1 in pencil, top corner; 2 Patroclus facsimiles to be superposed Sept/45, in pencil, on the envelope

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-1540/3

Collection: Science Museum Collection

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Envelope in which the negative was kept [owner number 1937-1540/1]

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The second negative, Schaaf number 5584

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This object is part of Schaaf no. 5585

Bust of Patroclus, two negatives to be printed in register

Keywords: Sculpture

One of two  Bust of Patroclus negatives to be superimposed with Schaaf number 5584 for printing in register. The writing on the envelope that held the two negatives together has transferred onto the wax of the negatives.

Negatives were sometimes combined to increase the density in printing - by careful alignment the dark areas could be made to reinforce each other. In addition, negatives may have been combined to expand the tonal range of the print but as Schaaf number 5584 and 5585 match closely, it is more likely that they would have been combined for the former reason.