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Two Victorian Men

Photograph
c. 1865 (photographed)

Coloured daguerreotype of two men on either side of a small table, one standing and one seated. The seated man has a pipe in his mouth and is looking up at the standing man, who is holding a silver tankard. The plate is in a metal mount with an oval window and a moulded decorative frame. The daguerreotype is in a leather-covered wooden case. There is a small hole in the top edge of the case, suggesting it once had a hook to hang on the wall.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
TitleTwo Victorian Men (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Coloured daguerreotype in a wooden case
Copper
Wood
Metal
Daguerreotype
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by an unknown photographer, Portrait of Two Victorian Men, coloured daguerreotype, c. 1865.
Physical description
Coloured daguerreotype of two men on either side of a small table, one standing and one seated. The seated man has a pipe in his mouth and is looking up at the standing man, who is holding a silver tankard. The plate is in a metal mount with an oval window and a moulded decorative frame. The daguerreotype is in a leather-covered wooden case. There is a small hole in the top edge of the case, suggesting it once had a hook to hang on the wall.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 141mm
  • Image width: 104mm
  • Case height: 178mm
  • Case width: 133mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Red sticker with '1.13.11' stuck on back of case, in top right corner.
  • From / E. F. CHAPMAN (Handwritten (by two different hands) on label stuck on the back of the case in the bottom centre.)
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.
Object history
From E. F. Chapman?
Associated object
PROV.6564-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • XRG1007 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 2003-5001/2/24613 - Science Museum Group accession number
  • CAB 7/ DR 1 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.404-2017

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Record createdJune 8, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1396588/two-victorian-men-photograph/
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