Yokohama Woman and Baby

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Artist/Maker	Messinger Murdoch, Helen (photographer)
Place of origin	Japan (photographed) Japan (photographed) Yokohama (photographed)

Autochrome depicting a woman in a kimono, holding an umbrella, with a baby on her back, full length, facing to the left. Exterior scene with a stone monument visible on the left of the image and trees in the background. Two separate glass plates taped together at the edges.

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Categories	Photographs Portraits The Royal Photographic Society
Object type	Photograph
Title	Yokohama Woman and Baby (generic title)
Materials and techniques	autochrome Glass Photography Autochrome
Brief description	Photograph by Helen Messinger Murdoch, 'Yokohama Woman and Baby', Japan, autochrome, 1914
Physical description	Autochrome depicting a woman in a kimono, holding an umbrella, with a baby on her back, full length, facing to the left. Exterior scene with a stone monument visible on the left of the image and trees in the background. Two separate glass plates taped together at the edges.
Dimensions	Height: 83mm Width: 107mm Depth: 3mm
Marks and inscriptions	'Inv 10816' (Handwritten in pencil on the top right of the tape surrounding the plate.) '9-VIII' (Handwritten in pencil on a circular sticker on the bottom left of the tape surrounding the plate.) 'Yohama [illegible]/ Japan' (Handwritten in pencil on a white sticker on the bottom edge of the tape surrounding the plate, very faint.) '104' (Handwritten in ink on a red and white circular sticker on the bottom edge of the tape surrounding the plate.) '14651' (Handwritten in ink on a white sticker on the top right corner of 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.
Places depicted	Japan Yokohama
Other numbers	10816 - RPS identifier - inventory no. XRG852 - RPS collection - V&A identifier 14651 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
Collection	Department of Photography
Accession number	RPS.1235-2018

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Record created	February 15, 2018
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1432489/yokohama-woman-and-baby-photograph-messinger-murdoch-helen/

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