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Athènes, Photograph Album, circa 1890
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Consists of a photograph album titled Athènes containing twenty images (19 x13 cm. each) of Athenian antiquities and modern (late 19th century) architecture including a general view of the city; the University; the Academy; the Acropolis with its monuments: the Propylaea, the Parthenon and the Erechtheum; ancient theaters; the Tower of the Winds; and the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates. There is also a photograph on the inside of front cover depicting portraits of the royal family of Greece in medallions with their names in Greek. Thirteen of the twenty accordion-style lithographic prints based on real photographs. All images are captioned both in Greek and French. Album is bound in contemporary fabric over hard boards (cover detached) decorated with images of two calssical buildings; title in calligraphy; the name of the editor in French, "Editeur: Charles Beck à Athènes".
- Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by the name of the creator or by the date of acquisition.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Gift of the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund (AM 2022-071).
- Appraisal
No material was separated during processing.
- Processing Information
This item was processed and described by Kalliopi Balatsouka in December 2021.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Athènes, Photograph Album; General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection, C0140, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box B-001761
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- Existence and Location of Copies
Parts of this collection are available on microfilm, cataloged separately as RCPXM-7497696.
- Subject Terms:
- Monuments -- Greece -- Athens -- photographs
- Genre Terms:
- Photograph albums -- Greece. -- 20th century
photographs -- 20th century. - Places:
- Acropolis (Athens, Greece). -- photographs
Greece -- Antiquities. -- photographs
Athens (Greece) -- Antiquities. -- photographs
Greece -- photographs
