Template:Photograph/doc

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To view the template page itself, see Template:Photograph.

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{{Photograph}} is an alternative to {{Information}} or {{Artwork}} templates used mostly for the detail descriptions of historical photographs, especially those residing in museums or galleries.

Usage

{{Photograph
|photographer=
|title=
|description=
|depicted people=
|depicted place=
|date=
|medium=
|dimensions=
|institution=
|department=
|references=
|object history=
|exhibition history=
|credit line=
|inscriptions=
|notes=
|accession number=
|source=
|permission=
|other_versions=
}}

Use instead of {{Information}} or {{Artwork}}

Parameters

Parameter name	Description	Default value	required or optional?
photographer	Photographer who took the original photograph. Use {{Creator:Name Surname}} with {{Creator}} template whenever possible.	blank field presented as: "Author".	optional
title	Title of the artwork. Skip and use description field if artwork has no title. Use Language templates when translating and boldface the original-language title, for example: {{en|''The Title of the Picture''.}} Many frequently used titles have Multilingual tags are available, like {{Self-portrait}}. {{en|Untitled, known as ''A Common Title'' or ''Another Known Title''.}}	empty	optional
description	Description of the content of the artwork (using multilingual templates like {{en}}). Often unnecessary in case of paintings when title is used. {{Depicted person}} template could be used to list depicted people.	empty	optional
depicted people	List of people depicted in the photograph.	empty	optional
depicted place	Place depicted in the photograph. Bare names will be attempted parsed through {{city}}.	empty	optional
date	Date when the photograph was taken by one of the following ways: for simple dates use ISO 8601 format, e.g. "1234" or "2006-01-15" for "15 January 2006". The following formats are recognized: YYYY YYYY-MM YYYY-MM-DD for all other dates use {{date}} or {{other date}}	empty	optional
medium	(Alternative name: technique) Medium (technique and materials) used to create artwork. Use, when possible: {{Technique}} template multilingual Technique tags, like {{Oil on canvas}} {{Reproduction}} template to distinguish between the technique of a reproduction and of the original artwork	empty	optional
dimensions	Dimensions of the photographic print. Please use {{Size}} formatting template, such as: {{Size|unit=cm|width=76.7|height=83.5}} <— gives Height<colon> 83.5 cm (32.9 in). Width<colon> 76.7 cm (30.2 in). or {{Size|in|30.2|32.87}} <— gives 30.2 × 32.87 in (76.7 × 83.5 cm), if sizes are given in inches Avoid using Language templates	empty	optional
institution	Gallery, museum or collection owning the piece. Use: collapsible institution templates like {{Institution:Louvre}} giving: Template:Institution:Louvre Those tags are based on {{Institution}} and occupy Institution: namespace. For lost pieces: "Stolen from (gallery) in (date)", "Lost by fire from (gallery) in (date)", or similar. For private collection use {{Private collection}}	empty	optional
department	Location within the museum or gallery (preferred) or the city where the artwork is located (if not using Institution: tags with museum's location)	empty	optional
references	Books and websites with information about the artwork. Please use {{Cite book}} and {{Cite web}} templates.	empty	optional
object history	Provenance (history of artwork ownership). Use {{ProvenanceEvent}}, {{Discovered}} and other similar templates.	empty	optional
exhibition history	exhibition history	empty	optional
credit line	Many artworks are gifts to the museums which are obligated to show such credit, like for example: Gift of the Friends of the Louvre Society, 1961. Not to be confused with credit line attributing the photographer required by CC licenses	empty	optional
inscriptions	Description of: inscriptions, watermarks, captions, coats of arm, etc. Use {{inscription}}	empty	optional
notes	Additional information about the artwork and its history.	empty	optional
accession number	Museum's accession number or some other inventory or identification number. Provide also link to museum database if available.	empty	optional
source	Information about source of the file. Possible values: If image was found on the internet include original URLs (preferably two, embedding web page and image). If it is a scan from a book than include the book references where you scanned it from (preferably with ISBN and page) Some examples: ArtRenewal.org : Gallery : Info : Pic Milner, John: Mondrian, p. 35 - ISBN 0714831670	empty	optional
permission	license information. Common license tag(s), include: {{PD-art|PD-old-100}} <— file found on the web; artist died 100+ years ago Artwork: {{PD-old-100}} Photo: {{PD-self}} <— file self-made; artist died 100+ years ago	blank field presented as: "See below."	optional
other_versions	Links to files with very similar content or derivative files; use thumbnails or <gallery></gallery>.	empty	optional
other_fields	Additional table fields. Easiest way to use it is through {{Information field|name=Field Name|value=Field Value}}. There are also other_fields_1, other_fields_2, and other_fields_3 for placing fields in other locations.	empty	optional
strict	Ordinarily Template:Photograph always show "Photographer" and "Source" rows. This default behavior can be overwritten by setting "strict=". Use only when file contains ways of specifying license and source.	1	optional
demo	"demo=1" will show all the fields used by the template empty or not. Meant to be used only in template: namespace when demonstrating template fields. Usual form is "demo=<noinclude>1</noinclude>".	empty	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Placement: At the top of the page

See also

{{Information}}, {{Artwork}}, {{Book}}, {{Musical work}}

Localization

This template is localized by utilizing MediaWiki namespace messages. These can be translated at translatewiki.net (current translations).