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Sir Edwin Landseer RA

Photograph
c. 1845 (photographed)

Daguerreotype of a head-and-shoulders portrait of a man with his right hand raised, possibly gold-toned. This daguerreotype is in a gold-coloured mount with an oval window. This is glazed and trimmed with velvet in the bottom half of a leather-coated wooden case. There is part of a metal hook fastening on the bottom edge.
This is kept in an original 'RPS Museum' envelope.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
TitleSir Edwin Landseer RA (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Daguerreotype in a wooden case.
Copper
Glass
Metal
Wood
Velvet
Daguerreotype
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by an unknown photographer, Portrait of Sir Edwin Landseer RA, daguerreotype (gold-toned?), c. 1845.
Physical description
Daguerreotype of a head-and-shoulders portrait of a man with his right hand raised, possibly gold-toned. This daguerreotype is in a gold-coloured mount with an oval window. This is glazed and trimmed with velvet in the bottom half of a leather-coated wooden case. There is part of a metal hook fastening on the bottom edge.
This is kept in an original 'RPS Museum' envelope.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 54mm
  • Image width: 43mm
  • Case height: 75mm
  • Case width: 62mm
  • Case (closed) depth: 11mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Green sticker with '45' stuck on the verso of the case. Brown paper with '75' stuck on the recto, on the glazing in the top left corner.)
  • 75 / Sir Edwin Landseer RA (Handwritten in black ink on sticker on the verso of the case.)
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.
Subject depicted
Landseer, Edwin Henry (Sir)
Associated object
PROV.6627-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • XRG1070 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 2003-5001/2/28419 - Science Museum Group accession number
  • C7/D7 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • Cat no. 00D45 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • 75 - Royal Photographic Society number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.537-2017

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Record createdJuly 4, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1403542/sir-edwin-landseer-ra-photograph/
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