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Falstaff and Mrs Ford

Photograph
c. 1840s (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Hogg, Jabez (photographer)
Frith, William Powell RA (painter)
Place of origin
Westminster (photographed)

Daguerreotype made directly from a painting called 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' by William Powell Frith in 1843, after the play by William Shakespeare. It depicts the scene where Falstaff attempts to seduce Mrs. Ford. The daguerreotype is in a cream card mount and glazed. The verso of the object is backed with paper and tape. The mount and glazing are held together with a black tape edging.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Shakespeare
Portraits
The Royal Photographic Society
RPS Digitisation Project
Object type
Photograph
Titles
  • Falstaff and Mrs Ford (generic title)
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor (alternative title)
Materials and techniques
Framed daguerreotype
Copper
Glass
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber Product)
Daguerreotype
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Jabez Hogg after a painting by William Powell Frith, Falstaff and Mrs Ford, daguerreotype, c. 1840s.
Physical description
Daguerreotype made directly from a painting called 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' by William Powell Frith in 1843, after the play by William Shakespeare. It depicts the scene where Falstaff attempts to seduce Mrs. Ford. The daguerreotype is in a cream card mount and glazed. The verso of the object is backed with paper and tape. The mount and glazing are held together with a black tape edging.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 59mm
  • Image width: 84mm
  • Frame height: 121mm
  • Frame width: 144mm
  • Frame depth: 4mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Falstaf + Mrs Ford / from the original picture by Frith / Falstaf + the Merry Wives / by Frith [...] The Merry wives of / Windsor The original [...] (Handwritten on verso in ink, on original paper backing.)
  • (RPS numbers handwritten on verso in black ink. Green sticker with '64' on recto, on top left corner of glazing. Brown paper with '71' handwritten in ink, on recto, on top left corner of glazing.)
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
Gift no. 2377.
Production
This daguerreotype was made after a painting by William Powell Frith RA.
Associated object
PROV.6591-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • XRG1036 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 2003-5001/2/28153 - Science Museum Group accession number
  • 13055 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • C7/D3 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • Cat no. 00D64 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • 71 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • Gift no. 2377 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.487-2017

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Record createdJune 19, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1398733/falstaff-and-mrs-ford-photograph-hogg-jabez/
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