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Travel album with photos and drawings by Manuel Mayo 1876
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Travel album with photos and drawings by Manuel Mayo 1876

F & Co. · 1876 · albumen print; oleograph; photographie peinte; chromolithography; gelatin silver print; hand coloring; textile materials; metal; cardboard; paper; photographic support; velvet (fabric weave)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Album in a green velvet cover with gold-stamped ornaments. Corners and two locks (one broken) of gold-colored ornamental metal. Flyleaves of green changeant paper. The album contains 31 leaves in various colors; some are coated with a dark glossy paint. There are also remnants of leaves that appear to have been cut off. The album contains albumen prints, some hand-colored, chromolithographs, oleographs, a photochrom, a developed gelatin silver print, and a drawing by the compiler, Manuel Mayo. Most of the total 61 images have a caption, usually in Spanish. They mainly concern buildings in various European cities including Venice, Turin, Genoa, Rome, Stockholm, Toledo, St. Petersburg, and Moscow, as well as landscapes and harbor views.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineReisalbum met foto's en tekeningen van Manuel Mayo 1876. 1876. F & Co.. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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