X-radiograph(s) of "Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: Straus.8878
People: Artist of original Robert Feke, American (Oyster Bay, NY c. 1707 - c. 1752 Bermuda)
Title: X-radiograph(s) of "Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)"
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: x-radiograph, photograph
Date: March 16, 2016
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/355212

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number: Straus.8878
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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Description: X-radiograph Operators present: Kate Smith

Duration of radiography session: 3

Total number of exposures: 5

Material Description – oil on glue-lined canvas

Radiation source- Comet tube

Exposure settings-
35 kV
5 mA
90 seconds
242 cm 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