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The Flycatcher

Photograph
1860s (photographed), c. 1900 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Rejlander, Oscar Gustav (photographer)
Maclean, Hector (printer)

Carbon print of a three-quarter length portrait of a boy trying to catch a fly on a wall between his hands.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
TitleThe Flycatcher (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Carbon print from original negative, mounted onto card.
Photographic Paper
Carbon Process
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Oscar Gustav Rejlander and printed by Hector Maclean, 'The Flycatcher', carbon print, negative made 1860s (printed c. 1900)
Physical description
Carbon print of a three-quarter length portrait of a boy trying to catch a fly on a wall between his hands.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 208mm
  • Image width: 157mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • RPS sticker and stamp, with museum ref numbers including 'Ref No. C. 1817', on verso of mount.
  • Title, artist and medium handwritten (and repeated) in pencil and black ink on verso of mount.
  • Indecipherable markings on top right of recto of print.
  • Note to 'Keep clean and return to / Hector Maclean / 84, Birdhurst Road, / Croydon' on verso of mount.
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.1473-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • XRP468 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • R4 - RPS identifier - artist name
  • 5322 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • 2003-5001/2/21367 - Science Museum Group accession number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.1389-2017

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Record createdMay 30, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1394170/the-flycatcher-photograph-rejlander-oscar-gustav/
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