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Thoughts

Photograph
1860s (photographed)
Artist/Maker

Carbon print depicting a half-length portrait of a girl seated and turned to face the camera, resting her chin in her hand. She is wearing a shawl around her shoulders. Faint inscription undecipherable at the top of the print.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThoughts (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Carbon print from original negative, mounted onto card.
Brief description
Photograph by Oscar Gustav Rejlander and printed by Hector Maclean, 'Thoughts', carbon print, negative made 1860s (printed later)
Physical description
Carbon print depicting a half-length portrait of a girl seated and turned to face the camera, resting her chin in her hand. She is wearing a shawl around her shoulders. Faint inscription undecipherable at the top of the print.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 181mm
  • Image width: 140mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • RPS label and stamps, and museum ref numbers including 'Ref No. C. 1814', on verso of mount.
  • Title, artist and medium handwritten in pencil on verso of mount.
  • (Undecipherable words handwritten on the recto of the print, at the top.)
  • Handwritten note and stamp to: 'Keep clean and return to - Hector ...ean / 84, Birdhurst Road, / Croydon' on verso of mount (this has been scribbled through).
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Associated object
PROV.1478-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • XRP473 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • R4 - RPS identifier - artist name
  • 5327 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
Collection
Accession number
RPS.1359-2017

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Record createdMay 25, 2017
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