Photographic print and photographs of Mozart's hair
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Photographic print and photographs of Mozart's hair
Classmark: LUA/PHC/002/12
Creator(s): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791); Mozart, Constanze (1763-1842)
Date(s): 1958
Size and medium: 4 black and white photographs; 1 print; 1 frame
Manifest: https://iiif.library.leeds.ac.uk/presentation/cc/l54z5ybg
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/8971
Collection group(s): University Archive
Description
One enlarged mounted print made from an X-ray diffraction photograph and four photographs of a lock of Mozart's hair.
The photographs were taken in July 1958, in the Department of Biomolecular Structure. They are of the lock of Mozart's hair given by his widow, Constanze, to Vincent Novello, that is now in the Brotherton Library.
The print is mounted on black paper which is in turn mounted on cream paper. The whole was originally in a brown wooden frame which has been retained. A printed label stuck to the backing paper of the frame has also been retained. It reads 'F. Hutchinson, Fine Art Dealer, Print Seller 71, Woodhouse Lane Leeds 2 Tel. 22317 Est. 1900'.
The photographs may be back to front as they have been annotated in black ink, but the writing is reversed.
Additional description
The wooden frame measures 265 mm x 215 mm. The frame is 10 mm wide.
Physical characteristics
Technique: Photograph; Photographic print
Access and usage
Reproduction
Access
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Physical and technical conditions
Good, though mount appears slightly acidic/ yellowing - photograph needs remounting
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