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Brides' Costume Darjeeling

Photograph
ca. 1914 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Autochrome depicting a young woman in traditional bridal wear in Darjeeling. Interior scene with the subject stood against a wallpapered wall, a window covered with a net curtain is on the left of the image. Two glass plates sandwiched together to protect the autochrome emulsion layer, taped at the edges.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBrides' Costume Darjeeling (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Autochrome
Brief description
Photograph by Helen Messinger Murdoch, 'Brides' Costume Darjeeling', autochrome, ca. 1914
Physical description
Autochrome depicting a young woman in traditional bridal wear in Darjeeling. Interior scene with the subject stood against a wallpapered wall, a window covered with a net curtain is on the left of the image. Two glass plates sandwiched together to protect the autochrome emulsion layer, taped at the edges.
Dimensions
  • Height: 216mm
  • Width: 166mm
  • Depth: 3mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Inv 10986' (On a white sticker handwritten in pencil on the top left section of the tape surrounding the plate.)
  • 'Brides costume Darjeeling' (In white ink, handwritten onto the black tape surrounding the plate.)
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.
Place depicted
Other numbers
  • 10986 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • XRG836 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 14638 - RPS identifier - other
  • 2003-5001/2/24776 - Science Museum Group accession number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.5-2018

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Record createdJanuary 17, 2018
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