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I Pays?

Photograph
1855 (photographed)
Artist/Maker

Photograph of two men seated at a table with drinks, with a young woman (the waitress) standing between them with a tray. A dog is sitting at the feet of the men.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleI Pays? (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print on a card mount.
Brief description
Photograph by Oscar Gustav Rejlander, 'I Pays?', albumen print, 1855
Physical description
Photograph of two men seated at a table with drinks, with a young woman (the waitress) standing between them with a tray. A dog is sitting at the feet of the men.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 188mm
  • Image width: 177mm
  • Mount height: 253mm
  • Mount width: 222mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signed by the artist on recto of print in pencil, bottom left (very faint).
  • Title and other pencil marks on recto of mount, below print.
  • RPS sticker and stamp on verso of mount. Title, artist and date in pencil on verso of mount.
  • I think Ben [Webster a] little Bland (Verso of mount on bottom left edge, handwritten in pencil (by artist?))
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
  • R5 - RPS identifier - artist name
  • 6374/2 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
Collection
Accession number
RPS.1364-2017

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Record createdMay 26, 2017
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