When the Day's Work is Done
Photograph
1877 (photographed)
1877 (photographed)
| Artist/Maker |
This photograph is a 'combination print' made from six different negatives. The line between the light-coloured wall behind the woman and the dark shadows of the room, a stage set built for the photograph, reveals one of the seams between negatives.
Object details
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| Title | When the Day's Work is Done (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print from six separate wet collodion glass negatives |
| Brief description | Photograph, Henry Peach Robinson, 'When the Day's Work is Done', albumen print, 1877 |
| Physical description | A mounted, sepia-coloured photograph of a man and a woman seated at a table in a rustic interior. The man is reading a large book. |
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| Summary | This photograph is a 'combination print' made from six different negatives. The line between the light-coloured wall behind the woman and the dark shadows of the room, a stage set built for the photograph, reveals one of the seams between negatives. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 723-1939 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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