Portrait of a young man seated at a table
Photograph
1854 (made)
1854 (made)
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Collodion positive photograph depicting a portrait of a young man, seated beside a table, holding a book in his right hand. Framed with a tortoise shell mount. There is a label on the reverse lettered with the photographer's studio address and date.
Object details
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| Title | Portrait of a young man seated at a table (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Collodion positive photograph |
| Brief description | Collodion positive photograph by J. W. Bond depicting a portrait of a man, 'actinic portraiture' in original wood and tortoise shell frame. Great Britain, 1854. |
| Physical description | Collodion positive photograph depicting a portrait of a young man, seated beside a table, holding a book in his right hand. Framed with a tortoise shell mount. There is a label on the reverse lettered with the photographer's studio address and date. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Actinic Portraiture / taken by a [illegible] improved process / 1854 / by J. W. Bond / 2 Gwynne's Place, Hackney Road, Near Victoria Park (Inscribed on a label on the back) |
| Credit line | Anonymous gift, ca. 1963 |
| 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. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 11-1971 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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