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Portrait of a Seated Young Woman

Photograph
c. 1850s (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hand-tinted stereoscopic daguerreotype of a three-quarter length portrait of a seated young woman, resting her right arm on the table next to her. She is holding flowers, and there are also flowers in a vase on the table. The jewellery around her neck and both wrists has been picked out in gold. The daguerreotype plates are in a black mount with two rectangular arched windows. This is glazed in a later passe-partout frame with black tape edging.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePortrait of a Seated Young Woman (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Stereoscopic daguerreotype in a passe-partout frame
Brief description
Photograph by Thomas Richard Williams, Portrait of a Seated Young Woman, stereo daguerreotype, c. 1850s.
Physical description
Hand-tinted stereoscopic daguerreotype of a three-quarter length portrait of a seated young woman, resting her right arm on the table next to her. She is holding flowers, and there are also flowers in a vase on the table. The jewellery around her neck and both wrists has been picked out in gold. The daguerreotype plates are in a black mount with two rectangular arched windows. This is glazed in a later passe-partout frame with black tape edging.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 68mm
  • Image width: 56mm
  • Frame height: 82mm
  • Frame width: 171mm
  • Frame depth: 3mm
Marks and inscriptions
RPS Gift 2214 Nov/1943 / Stereo No 6 / from Miss Margaret Robinson / Grand-daughter of H. P. Robinson Stereo. Daguerreotype / hand tinted. Date about 1850. (Handwritten on verso in black ink.)
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 to the RPS from Miss Margeret Robinson, granddaughter of H. P. Robinson, in November 1943.
Associated object
PROV.6632-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • XRG1075 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 2003-5001/2/28300 - Science Museum Group accession number
  • C7/D8 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • 13388 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
Collection
Accession number
RPS.542-2017

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Record createdJuly 5, 2017
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