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Artist's Study: Female in Grecian Costume with Urn

Photograph
c. 1857 (photographed)
Artist/Maker

Glass negative of a seated female dressed in a Grecian inspired costume, pouring from a Greco-Roman jug.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleArtist's Study: Female in Grecian Costume with Urn (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Wet collodion glass negative
Brief description
Photograph by Oscar Gustav Rejlander, 'Artist's Study: Female in Grecian Costume with Urn', wet collodion glass negative, c. 1857
Physical description
Glass negative of a seated female dressed in a Grecian inspired costume, pouring from a Greco-Roman jug.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 215mm
  • Plate width: 164mm
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.5820-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • XRG263 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • RPS 15416 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • 7610 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
Collection
Accession number
RPS.1430-2017

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Record createdJune 1, 2017
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