Title(s)

The story of photography (title on object)

Object type

• book

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-467

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘nil actum dum agendum’
• name: ‘Frank T. Sansome 1954.’

Artist

• Alfred T. Story (mentioned on object)
• publisher: George Newnes (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1899

Material

• paper
• linen (material)
• cardboard

Technique

printing

Measurements

height 150 mm × width 100 mm × thickness 17 mm

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

Parts

• Portion of hand with needle embedded in the ball of the thumb (RP-F-2001-7-467-1)
• Animatograph. From the "Practical Photographer" (RP-F-2001-7-467-2)