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Artist's Study: Rejlander As His Own Model

Photograph
c. 1856 (photographed)
Artist/Maker

Glass negative of a full-length portrait of Rejlander standing, draped in a toga, looking down with his arm raised in front of his face.
The original envelope for this negative is also kept in XRG264.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleArtist's Study: Rejlander As His Own Model (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Wet collodion glass negative
Brief description
Photograph by Oscar Gustav Rejlander, 'Artist's Study: Rejlander As His Own Model', wet collodion glass negative, c. 1856
Physical description
Glass negative of a full-length portrait of Rejlander standing, draped in a toga, looking down with his arm raised in front of his face.
The original envelope for this negative is also kept in XRG264.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 253mm
  • Plate width: 202mm
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
  • XRG264 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • RPS 15424 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • 7589 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
Collection
Accession number
RPS.1439-2017

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Record createdJune 2, 2017
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