Item 4 - Turkish soldiers attack the island of San Michele near Malta by land and by sea on the 15th July 1565.

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MT NAM PDE_0083-PHO-4

Title

Turkish soldiers attack the island of San Michele near Malta by land and by sea on the 15th July 1565.

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Extent and medium

1 digital surrogate of large format transparency

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Name of creator

Archival history

Collection donated by Ms. Elizabeth Lochhead, belonging to her husband, Ian Colin Lochhead.

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Scope and content

A photograph of an etching by Matteo Perez d'Aleccio (1547-1616) depicting the attack on the spur of St Michael (today known as Isla, Senglea) in which the Christians sank six large and four small Turkish boats, and took a Turkish frigate prisoner,Read more

System of arrangement

1 of 24 large format photographic negatives arranged by photographic transparency box labelled 'Transparency box 1'.

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Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Carrier: Photographic film negative. Medium: photographic film. Digital format: TIFF. Resolution: 2400DPI. Mount/frame: None. Colour / B&W: B&W. Dimensions of photographic prints: 10"x8". Size and dimensions of digital image (born-digital orRead more

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Location: Isla, Senglea, Malta

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Dates of creation revision deletion

06/06/2024

Archivist's note

Cataloged by: Sabrina Calleja Jackson