Harvard Art Museums > Straus.8863: X-radiograph(s) of "Fragments of a Mummy Portrait of a Man" Photographs Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Add to Collection Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"X-radiograph(s) of "Fragments of a Mummy Portrait of a Man" , Straus.8863,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Sep 29, 2023, https://hvrd.art/o/354650. Identification and Creation Object Number Straus.8863 Title X-radiograph(s) of "Fragments of a Mummy Portrait of a Man" Classification Photographs Work Type photograph, x-radiograph Date January 8, 2016 Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/354650 Physical Descriptions Dimensions plate size: 35.6 × 43.2 cm (14 × 17 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs Object Number Straus.8863 Contact am_straus@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description X-radiograph Operators present: Kate Smith, Georgina Rayner, Kathy Eremin Duration of radiography session: 2 hours Total number of exposures: 3 Material Description – beeswax paint on wood Radiation source- Comet tube Exposure settings- 30 kV 5 mA 60 seconds 36 inches 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, levels adjusted and cropped in Photoshop Subjects and Contexts Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs Related Works 1924.80 Composite portrait of a man Paintings
