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Portrait of a woman

Photograph
1854 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Collodion positive photographic portrait of a woman in original wood and tortoise shell frame.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePortrait of a woman (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Collodion positive photograph
Brief description
Collodion positive photograph by J. W. Bond depicting a portrait of a woman, 'actinic portraiture' in original wood and tortoise shell frame. Great Britain, 1854.
Physical description
Collodion positive photographic portrait of a woman in original wood and tortoise shell frame.
Production
The word 'actinic' is an adjective pertaining to the use of of light or lighting able to cause photochemical reactions, as in photography, through having a significant short wavelength or ultraviolet component.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
11C-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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