Men and Women of the Day: A Picture Gallery of Contemporary Portraiture
Book
1891 (published)
1891 (published)
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This photographic album from 1891 is one of seven volumes of photographically illustrated biographies entitled 'Men and Women of the Day: A Picture Gallery of Contemporary Portraiture'. The album chronicles the lives of literary, social and artistic figures in the last decade of the nineteenth century. Some individuals with particular relevance to the V&A collections include designer Walter Crane and the English poet and critic Coventry Patmore. The portraits in this album are good examples of Woodbury type/carbon prints.
Object details
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| Title | Men and Women of the Day: A Picture Gallery of Contemporary Portraiture (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Woodbury types/Carbon prints |
| Brief description | Book, photographically illustrated, entitled 'Men and Women of the Day: A Picture Gallery of Contemporary Portraiture', 1891 |
| Physical description | One of seven volumes of photographically illustrated biographies entitled 'Men and Women of the Day', the portraits are Woodbury types/carbon prints. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dylan Collard |
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| Summary | This photographic album from 1891 is one of seven volumes of photographically illustrated biographies entitled 'Men and Women of the Day: A Picture Gallery of Contemporary Portraiture'. The album chronicles the lives of literary, social and artistic figures in the last decade of the nineteenth century. Some individuals with particular relevance to the V&A collections include designer Walter Crane and the English poet and critic Coventry Patmore. The portraits in this album are good examples of Woodbury type/carbon prints. |
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| Accession number | E.350-2010 |
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| Record created | March 22, 2010 |
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