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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Photography Centre, Room 100, The Bern and Ronny Schwartz Gallery

Niagara Falls

Photograph
1854 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Categories
Object type
TitleNiagara 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.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 152mm
  • Image width: 200mm
  • Frame height: 181mm
  • Frame width: 230mm
  • Frame depth: 8mm
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. )
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)
Other numbers
  • XRG1045 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 2003-5001/2/28210 - Science Museum Group accession number
  • 13030 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • C7/D4 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • Cat no. 75 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Accession number
RPS.517-2017

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Record createdJune 21, 2017
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