Désert de Retz: a lantern slide of an 1808 work by Constant Bourgeois du Castelet depicting the "colonne brisée" or "broken column" summer house.

Object Details

sova.aag.gca_ref4804
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6697eff85-cdb3-4117-abd5-ffdb3728cc0c
General
Mount reads: "[Painting by ?] Edward Van Altena, 71-79 W. 45th St., N.Y.C."
Historic plate number: "38."
Historic plate caption: "[label on verso:] Retz, Desert de Monville; House as ruined column. [text printed on plate, visible from verso but not legible w/out a scope]."
Collection Creator
Garden Club of America
Place
Désert de Retz (Chambourcy, Yvelines, France)
France -- Ile-de-France -- Yvelines -- Chambourcy
Topic
Artificial ruins
Walkways
Trees
Dogs
Houses
Women
Men
Gardens -- France -- Chambourcy
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Sponsor
A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
Extent
1 Lantern slide (black-and-white, 3.25 x 4 in.)
Date
[between 1914 and 1949]
Archival Repository
Archives of American Gardens
Identifier
AAG.GCA, Item FR028001
Type
Archival materials
Lantern slides
Collection Citation
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Collection Rights
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Genre/Form
Lantern slides
Collection Restrictions
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
AAG.GCA_ref4804
Large EAD
AAG.GCA
AAG
Record ID
ebl-1643208220039-1643210188902-0
Désert de Retz: a lantern slide of an 1808 work by Constant Bourgeois du Castelet depicting the "colonne brisée" or "broken column" summer house.: [between 1914 and 1949]
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