X-radiograph(s) of "Nicholas Boylston (1716-1771)"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: Straus.8853
People: Artist of original: John Singleton Copley, American (Boston, MA 1738 - 1815 London, England)
Title: X-radiograph(s) of "Nicholas Boylston (1716-1771)"
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: x-radiograph, photograph
Date: November 19, 2015
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/354418

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number: Straus.8853
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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Description: X-radiograph Operators present: Kate Smith, Andrea von Hedenstroem

Duration of radiography session: 5

Total number of exposures: 10

Material Description – oil on wax-lined canvas

Radiation source- Comet tube

Exposure settings-
30 kV
4 mA
60 seconds
467cm focal distance

Filtration used: none

Screens used: none

Set up/sequencing notes:

Scanning notes: laser power high, PMT 10, 16-bit linear data scale, 50 micron scan resolution

Image manipulation notes: DCM files converted to TIFF, assembled into composite in Photoshop