The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Jérusalem, croix en argent ciselé, donnée par Louis XII à l'Eglise du Saint Sépulcre

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Faking It Symposium: Constructed Truths

The symposium "Truth, Lies, and Photographs" was presented in conjunction with the exhibition Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop, on view October 11, 2012, through January 27, 2013. In this talk, Jennifer L. Mnookin, Professor of Law at the University of California Los Angeles School of Law, outlines the history of photography in the courtroom and the inherent problems in regarding photographs as true.

Part Six of Seven

Recorded November 2, 2012

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This program is made possible by Joyce Frank Menschel.

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Jérusalem, croix en argent ciselé, donnée par Louis XII à l'Eglise du Saint Sépulcre

Auguste Salzmann (French, 1824–1872)

Printer:: Louis-Désiré Blanquart-Évrard (French, 1802–1872)
Date:: 1854
Medium:: Salted paper prints from paper negative
Dimensions:: Image: 34.8 x 23.5 cm (13 11/16 x 9 1/4 in.) Mount: 60.2 x 44.6 cm (23 11/16 x 17 9/16 in.)
Classification:: Photographs
Credit Line:: Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
Accession Number:: 2005.100.373.105

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Inscribed in negative then gone over in pencil, recto BL: "S. 3."; inscribed in pencil on print, recto BL: "D."; printed on mount, recto BC: "Aug. Salzmann // JÉRUSALEM // CROIX EN ARGENT CISELÉ // donnée par Louis XIII à l'Eglise du Saint Sépulcre // Gide et J. Baudry, éditeurs. // Imp. Photogr. de Blanquart - Evrard, à Lille."; inscribed in pencil on mount, recto TR: "[scribble mark resembling an &, script S, or G clef] // 105"; inscribed in pencil on mount, recto BR: "D."
Provenance

André Jammes Collection; [Graphics International, Ltd.]; Gilman Paper Company Collection, New York, October 7, 1978
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Who
Louis-Désiré Blanquart-Évrard (182)

Auguste Salzmann (179)
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Europe (148,586)

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When
A.D. 1800-1900 (80,185)
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