Niagara Falls
Photograph
1854 (photographed)
1854 (photographed)
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Whole-plate daguerreotype of a view of Niagara Falls, with six figures standing on the banks and overlooking the waterfalls. The daguerreotype was cleaned and remounted in August 1971. It is now glazed, backed with green card, with a black border and black taped edges.
Object details
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Title | Niagara Falls (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Whole plate daguerreotype |
Brief description | Photograph possibly by Platt D. Babbitt or Albert Sands Southworth, Niagara Falls, daguerreotype, 1854. |
Physical description | Whole-plate daguerreotype of a view of Niagara Falls, with six figures standing on the banks and overlooking the waterfalls. The daguerreotype was cleaned and remounted in August 1971. It is now glazed, backed with green card, with a black border and black taped edges. |
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Marks and inscriptions | Royal Photographic Society. / Cleaned and placed in temporary mount / August 1971 by H.L. / Refer to Mr A.T.Gill. (Printed on label on verso of modern mount. RPS number also handwritten onto this label.
Green sticker with '75' on the verso of the frame.
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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.6602-2017 (RPS Group record) |
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Accession number | RPS.517-2017 |
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Record created | June 21, 2017 |
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