Wood Family Album
Photograph Album
1870 (made)
1870 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Long before 20th-century Surrealists artists adopted collage, aristocratic Victorian women embraced the technique, combining photographs with watercolour drawings for whimsical effect. Assembled into albums, these photocollages show Victorians at their most playful. On this page, the crab grasping a portrait of a young man dressed for a boat race is perhaps a reference to the phrase ‘catching a crab’, which in rowing means getting an oar stuck in the water.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Wood Family Album (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Photographs album made by Catherine Mary Wood and belonging to Col. Wood, 'Wood Family Album', ca. 1870, albumen print and watercolour |
| Physical description | Black and gold photographs album with a geometric pattern |
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| Gallery label | Photography Centre 2018-20:
Catherine Mary Wood (dates unknown)
Album
About 1870
Long before 20th-century Surrealists artists adopted collage, aristocratic Victorian women embraced the technique, combining photographs with watercolour drawings for whimsical effect. Assembled into albums, these photocollages show Victorians at their most playful. On this page, the crab grasping a portrait of a young man dressed for a boat race is perhaps a reference to the phrase ‘catching a crab’, which in rowing means getting an oar stuck in the water.
Albumen print and watercolour
Museum no. RPS.1206-2018
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund and Art Fund |
| 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. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Long before 20th-century Surrealists artists adopted collage, aristocratic Victorian women embraced the technique, combining photographs with watercolour drawings for whimsical effect. Assembled into albums, these photocollages show Victorians at their most playful. On this page, the crab grasping a portrait of a young man dressed for a boat race is perhaps a reference to the phrase ‘catching a crab’, which in rowing means getting an oar stuck in the water. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | RPS.1206-2018 |
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| Record created | February 6, 2018 |
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