Title(s)

Fotoreproductie van The Sirens door William Edward Frost
The Syrens, by W. E. Frost, A. R. A. (title on object)

Object type

• photograph
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-1533-37

Inscriptions / marks

• number: ‘No. 31./ MODERN.’
• inscription: ‘In the Collection of A. Dennistoun, Esq./ London, Published Aug, 1857, by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co, 13 & 14, Pall Mall East & T. Agneur & Sons, Manchester./ For the Proprietors.’
• number: ‘37’
• annotation: ‘A[.]re[.]’

Artist

• photographer: Leonida Caldesi (mentioned on object)
• photographer: Mattia Montecchi (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: William Edward Frost (mentioned on object)

Dating

c. 1853 - in or before c. 1858

Material

• photographic support

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 181 mm × width 243 mm

What

• Sirens (classical mythology)
• lyre, cithara, psaltery

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Photographs A.T.E. (RP-F-2001-7-1533)