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Where's That Cat?

Photograph
1860s (photographed), c. 1893 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Rejlander, Oscar Gustav (photographer)
Edwards, F. W. (printer)

Photograph of an elderly woman sitting at a table, holding a quill in her right hand and looking down. A young boy is emerging from beneath the table with his tongue sticking out.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
Titles
  • Where's That Cat? (generic title)
  • Drat That Cat! (alternative title)
Materials and techniques
Platinum print from wet collodion glass negative, mounted on cream card (mounted in 1961, according to inscription on verso).
Photographic Paper
Platinum Process
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Oscar Gustav Rejlander and printed by F. W. Edwards, 'Where's That Cat?', platinum print, negative made 1860s (printed c. 1893)
Physical description
Photograph of an elderly woman sitting at a table, holding a quill in her right hand and looking down. A young boy is emerging from beneath the table with his tongue sticking out.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 146mm
  • Image width: 199mm
  • Mount height: 202mm
  • Mount width: 252mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • RPS sticker and stamp on verso of mount.
  • Title, artist medium and reference number of 'Ref. B. 994' in blue ink on verso of mount.
  • 'Print dry mounted by R. C. Leighton [Herdson] May/61' (On verso of mount, handwritten in pencil.)
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 objects
Other numbers
  • XRP469 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 1958/2 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • R4 - RPS identifier - artist name
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.1411-2017

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Record createdMay 30, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1394200/wheres-that-cat-photograph-rejlander-oscar-gustav/
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