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Date(s)
- 1890 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 digital surrogate of photographic print
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Richard Ellis (27 January 1842 – 23 December 1924) was a British-Maltese photographer who was one of the pioneers of photography in Malta during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in St. Luke's, East London, he travelled throughout Europe as a circus performer before settling down in Malta at the age of nineteen. Within a few years he had opened a studio in Valletta, and became a renowned photographer. His archive of tens of thousands of photographs still exists, and his work is significant for both its historic value and technical quality.
Archival history
Collection donation by Mr Ganni Micallef.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Verso of a photo with some writing in ink and an ink stamp
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
20 of 20 photographic prints arranged in numerical order.
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Carrier: Album.
Medium: Photographic print.
Digital format: TIFF.
Resolution: 600DPI.
Mount/frame: Received mounted onto photographic album using adhesive photo corners.
Colour. / B&W. : Colour.
Dimensions of photographic prints: Various.
Size and dimensions of digital image (born-digital or surrogate): 1803 x 1301 - 2.24MB.
Hard copy / Born digital: Hard copy.
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Notes area
Note
The physical photos were returned to depositor following digitization.
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Date of cataloging: (RB = 16/08/2024),
(SCJ = 23/08/2024)
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Archivist's note
Cataloged by: Ruby Bondin
- Sabrina Calleja Jackson