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Sunset, Honolulu

Photograph
1914 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Autochrome depicting sunset sky with the silhouette of a line of trees visible in the foreground. Two separate glass plates taped together around the edges, with a crack the full length of the plate on the left side and a crack in the right corner of the plate.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSunset, Honolulu (generic title)
Materials and techniques
autochrome
Brief description
Photograph by Helen Messinger Murdoch, 'Sunset, Honolulu', Hawaii, autochrome, 1914
Physical description
Autochrome depicting sunset sky with the silhouette of a line of trees visible in the foreground. Two separate glass plates taped together around the edges, with a crack the full length of the plate on the left side and a crack in the right corner of the plate.
Dimensions
  • Height: 83mm
  • Width: 107mm
  • Depth: 3mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Inv 10810' (Handwritten in pencil on the top right of the tape surrounding the plate.)
  • '5-VIII' (Handwritten in pencil on a circular sticker on the bottom left of the tape surrounding the plate.)
  • 'Sunset Honolulu/ 89' (Handwritten in pencil on a white sticker on the bottom left of the tape surrounding the plate, extremely faint.)
  • '111' (Handwritten in ink on a circular red and white sticker on 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
Other number
10810 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
Collection
Accession number
RPS.1371-2018

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Record createdMarch 6, 2018
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