Punahou College House

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Artist/Maker	Messinger Murdoch, Helen (photographer)
Place of origin	Hawaii (photographed) Honolulu (county) (photographed)

Autochrome depicting a garden scene, with a water feature in the foreground and three palm trees visible in the background of the image. Two separate glass plates taped together around the edges, with tape used to change the orientation of the image from landscape to portrait.

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Categories	Photographs Landscapes The Royal Photographic Society
Object type	Photograph
Title	Punahou College House (generic title)
Materials and techniques	autochrome Glass Autochrome Photography
Brief description	Photograph by Helen Messinger Murdoch, 'Punahou College House', Honolulu, Hawaii, autochrome, 1914
Physical description	Autochrome depicting a garden scene, with a water feature in the foreground and three palm trees visible in the background of the image. Two separate glass plates taped together around the edges, with tape used to change the orientation of the image from landscape to portrait.
Dimensions	Height: 83mm Width: 107mm Depth: 3mm
Marks and inscriptions	'Inv 10831' (Handwritten in pencil on the top right of the tape surrounding the plate.) '16-8/ 12' (Handwritten in ink on a circular sticker on the bottom left of the tape surrounding the plate.) 'Punahou College House' (Handwritten in pencil on a white sticker on the bottom left of the 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	Hawaii
Other numbers	10831 - RPS identifier - inventory no. XRG852 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
Collection	Department of Photography
Accession number	RPS.1353-2018

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Record created	March 5, 2018
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1434272/punahou-college-house-photograph-messinger-murdoch-helen/

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