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Miss Mary Sophia Nevison

Photograph
1855-1860 (made)

Hand-tinted portrait of a young girl called Mary Sophia Nevison, 1/2 length, seated at a table with her right arm resting upon it, wearing a dress with a lace collar. The tablecloth has been tinted blue and there is a small amount of blush on the girl's cheeks. She looks slightly off to the left of the camera. The papier-mâché case is plush-lined with red detailed fabric and has a ornate gold frame with a red trim.

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Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
Object type
Photograph
TitleMiss Mary Sophia Nevison (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-tinted collodion positive
Papier Mache
Collodion
Brief description
Anonymous hand-tinted portrait of Miss Mary Sophia Nevison, 1/2 length, seated at a table, wearing a dress with lace collar. Collodion positive in a plush-lined red and gold case. Late 1850s.
Physical description
Hand-tinted portrait of a young girl called Mary Sophia Nevison, 1/2 length, seated at a table with her right arm resting upon it, wearing a dress with a lace collar. The tablecloth has been tinted blue and there is a small amount of blush on the girl's cheeks. She looks slightly off to the left of the camera. The papier-mâché case is plush-lined with red detailed fabric and has a ornate gold frame with a red trim.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 68mm
  • Image width: 54mm
Dimensions taken from Brian Coe & Mark Haworth-Booth, A Guide to Early Photographic Printing Processes. London: The Victoria and Albert Museum in association with Hurtwood Press, 1983.
Credit line
Given by J.L Levinson.
Subjects depicted
Portrait
Girl
Bibliographic reference
Coe, Brian & Haworth-Booth, Mark. A Guide to Early Photographic Printing Processes. London: The Victoria and Albert Museum in association with Hurtwood Press, 1983.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.310-1982

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1049536/miss-mary-sophia-nevison-photograph/
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