View of the Vale of Tempe

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/4368.8987
Level Item
Description A hard film negative, full plate size, a commercial copy negative.
Condition The sky had been inexpertly masked prior to the production of this copy negative. The tree-line shows the original sky below the mask.
Dimensions 24 x 17.5 cm
Place Tempe Valley
Dates Latest 1913
Donor/Creator Atchley, Shirley Clifford
English Photographic Company
Scope and Content The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Tempe: view of valley".
Notes A commercial image from the English Photographic Company. Date based on numerous images from the English Photographic Company donated via Shirley Atchley catalogued from SPHS 8943 to 9256 appearing in the 1913 slide catalogue in the Journal of Hellenic Studies, it probably dates no later than 1913, but is likely to be much earlier.
Reference 1913 JHS 33: Catalogue of Slides. 31.SPHS 8987. Link to article