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Maids at Miss Tracy's

Photograph
1914 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Autochrome portrait of two women wearing kimonos, interior scene with a window on the left of the image, one of the women is standing with the other kneeling down with her hands in her lap. Two separate glass plates taped together around the edges.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMaids at Miss Tracy's (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
autochrome
Brief description
Photograph by Helen Messinger Murdoch, 'Maids at Miss Tracy's', Japan, 1914
Physical description
Autochrome portrait of two women wearing kimonos, interior scene with a window on the left of the image, one of the women is standing with the other kneeling down with her hands in her lap. Two separate glass plates taped together around the edges.
Dimensions
  • Height: 83mm
  • Width: 107mm
  • Depth: 3mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Inv 10852' (Handwritten in pencil on the top right of the tape surrounding the plate.)
  • '28-8' (Handwritten in ink on a circular sticker on the bottom left of the tape surrounding the plate.)
  • 'H.M. Murdoch F.R.P.S' (Handwritten in red paint on the emulsion plate, slightly obscured by the tape surrounding the plates.)
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
  • 10852 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • XRG852 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
Collection
Accession number
RPS.1365-2018

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Record createdMarch 7, 2018
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