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A group of snapshots

Photograph
1890s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Part of a series of carbon prints in different colours of what the artist termed 'snapshots' of his seaside holidays in Hastings (1893), Jersey (1896) and elsewhere. Four images show the sun setting over the sea with dramatic contrast between the light and shade reflected on the water, and one is a group scene of people on a beach at low tide with two large boats in the water behind them and smaller rowing boats situated on the sand.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA group of snapshots (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Carbon prints in different colours
Brief description
Carbon print photograph of seascape as part of a series entitled 'A group of snapshots' by Paul Martin. Britain, 1890s.
Physical description
Part of a series of carbon prints in different colours of what the artist termed 'snapshots' of his seaside holidays in Hastings (1893), Jersey (1896) and elsewhere. Four images show the sun setting over the sea with dramatic contrast between the light and shade reflected on the water, and one is a group scene of people on a beach at low tide with two large boats in the water behind them and smaller rowing boats situated on the sand.
DimensionsThe prints are quite small, a little larger than average carte de visite size, and are reproduced the same size in Brian Coe & Mark Haworth-Booth, A Guide to Early Photographic Printing Processes. London: The Victoria and Albert Museum in association with Hurtwood Press, 1983.
Subject depicted
Places depicted
Associated objects
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
Accession number
PH.338-1980

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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