Notice catalographique « Scientific analysis and treatment of a William Sawyer photograph album »
- Titre
- Scientific analysis and treatment of a William Sawyer photograph album
- Auteur ou éditeur
- Iklé, Geneva
- Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)
- Lieu de publication
- Kingston, Ont.
- Maison d'édition
- Queen's University
- Date de publication
- 2016
- Collation
- 109 p., bound
- Résumé
- "The Queen’s University Archives has collection of artifacts that belonged to William Sawyer, a 19th century painter and artist from Kingston, Ontario. One of those items is a photograph album that Sawyer assembled as a study album, which has been little examined. The album contains a variety of photographs which may represent Sawyer’s experimentations with these processes and photography in general. In addition, there is an accompanying journal of Sawyer’s notes on various photographic processes with which he experimented during the same period in which the photographs in the album were produced. The condition of the photographs and the album as a whole is compromised and an appropriate treatment proposal is necessary to ensure the safety of the album. In order to devise a safe and appropriate treatment plan for the album, the photographic processes that were used to create the photographs needed to be identified. This project used used a variety of analytic techniques, including stereomicroscopy, X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF), and Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), to identify the photographic process used to create each photograph and to develop a treatment approach based upon the type and the condition of each photograph. The photographs were identified as follows: 36 were albumen, 13 were salted paper and two were silver gelatin. One photograph of the 52 was unidentifiable, but an analysis of notes from the accompanying journal which Sawyer kept suggested a possible, but unusual, method for the production of this photograph. In addition, the project discussed the comparative utility of each of the analysis methods including, stereomicroscopy, and XRF and FTIR spectroscopy, in the identification of photographic processes."
- Notes
- Research Report (M.A.) - Queen's University, 2016
- Langue
- English = Anglais
- Sujet
- Painter, William Sawyer
- Photography - 19th century
- Photography - Canada
- Photograph albums
- Fourier Ttansform infrared spectroscopy
- Albumen paper
- Peinture, William Sawyer
- Photographie - 19e siècle
- Photographie - Canada
- Photographies - Albums
- Spectroscopie infrarouge par transformée de Fourier
- Papier albuminé
- Pays
- Canada
- Type de document
- Monograph = Monographie
- Localisation
- TY 340 I45 2016
- Clé
- 17997
- Collection
- Catalogue