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Page 61
CHAPTER LV
Rules for the care of photographs
Henry W. Kent, Slater museum, Norwich, Conn.
I. Accessioning
The _accession book_ should be ruled in columns under the following
headings:
A, Accession number; B, Author; C, Title; D, Gallery; E, Photographer
and place of publication; F, Date of publication; G, Photographer's
number; H, Process; I, Size of print; J, Size of mount; K, Cost; L,
Cost of mounting; M, Remarks.
A Accession number. The consecutive Museum number to be either written
or printed. This column should be used to give the date of accession.
B Author. For photographs of paintings give one important name.
For photographs of sculpture give sculptor's name, where known.
For photographs of architecture give name of city followed by country
in parentheses. London (Eng.)
C Title. For photographs of painting and sculpture use short, catch
title, bringing, where possible, the important name first.
For photographs of architecture, make first word a word descriptive
of the kind of building: Temple of Mars; Cathedral of Notre Dame;
Basilica of S. Paolo.
D Gallery. This column is used for sculpture and painting only. Enter
official name of gallery under name of city, followed by country in
parentheses, and separated by hyphen: London (Eng.)-National Gallery;
Paris (France)-Louvre.
E Photographer and place of publication. Use the last name of
publisher, followed by name of city abbreviated. Alinari, Fio.; Braun,
Pa.; Hanfstaengl, M�n.
F Date. The high grade photographs have the date of their publication
on the mount.
G Publisher's number. To be found on all prints.
H Process. State whether silver print, platinotype, carbon (give color
b. for black, br. for brown, g. for gray), autotype, collotype, etc.
I Size of print. Give size in centimeters, giving width first.
J Size of mount. Use the following notation:
F for size measuring 22x28 inches, and upwards.
Q for size measuring 18x22 inches up to 22x28.
O for size measuring 14x18 inches up to 18x22.
D for all sizes under O.
K Cost. Give cost of imported prints in foreign money; give total of
bill in American money.
L Cost of mounting.
M Remarks. This column will be found useful for date of remounting
prints.
Enter all prints in the order of the publisher's bill.
Write the accession number on the back of mount (see under Labeling)
and on author card.
II. Card cataloging
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