Nature Mort
Photograph
c. 1855 (photographed)
c. 1855 (photographed)
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Stereoscopic daguerreotype of a still life vanitas display, with a skull, hourglass drawing compass, and a pair of spectacles resting on an open book. The daguerreotype plates are in a black mount with two rectangular arched windows. This is glazed in a passe-partout frame. A Carpenter and Westley label is on the verso of the frame.
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Materials and techniques | Stereoscopic daguerreotype in a passe-partout frame |
Brief description | Photograph by Thomas Richard Williams, 'Nature Mort' or 'The Sands of Time', stereo daguerreotype, c. 1855. |
Physical description | Stereoscopic daguerreotype of a still life vanitas display, with a skull, hourglass drawing compass, and a pair of spectacles resting on an open book. The daguerreotype plates are in a black mount with two rectangular arched windows. This is glazed in a passe-partout frame. A Carpenter and Westley label is on the verso of the frame. |
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Marks and inscriptions | CARPENTER / & / WESTLEY / OPTICIAN'S / 24 REGENT STT / LONDON. (Printed label 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. |
Production | Retailed by Carpenter and Westley. |
Associated object | PROV.2484-2017 (RPS Group record) |
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Accession number | RPS.607-2017 |
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Record created | July 11, 2017 |
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