Cataloger's Reference Shelf
Graphic Materials - Rules for Describing Original Items and Historical
Collections
24: Collection with Printed Series Title (Sample Descriptions in the 1982 Edition)
Collection:
The Famous Rahl & Bradley living bronze statues. -- New York : Knowlton, c1895.
16 photographic prints on cabinet cards : sepia toned ; 17 x 11 cm.
On each image there is surface abrasion, lower right, on base of statue’s pedestal, as though printing (?) had been obliterated on purpose.
Subject: Humans posing as bronze statues of mythological and classical figures.
Copyright deposit, c1895.
17 x 11 cm.: Only the dimensions of the mount are given (3D3.4).
surface abrasion: A physical condition, which mars the items, is described (5B9.1).
Single item from the collection described above:
Orpheus and Euridice. -- New York : Knowlton, c1895.
1 photographic print on cabinet card : sepia toned ; 17 x 11 cm. -- ( The famous Rahl & Bradley living bronze statues)
Subject: Man and woman posing as bronze statues on pedestal.
Orpheus and Euridice: The title proper of the item within a series is given.
The famous Rahl & Bradley living bronze statues: Series title is given (and traced) so as to relate the item to the rest (4B1).
In Lot 11805: Relationship note for item analysis (5B21).
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