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Early Talbot Type Photographs

Photograph
1848-51
Artist/Maker

Exhibition board featuring five mounted sepia-tone photographs. The photographs depict: fruit in baskets; a microscope; an interior view of a large glass and iron-fabricated building (the Great Exhibition); a sculpture of a male figure with his left arm raised and his right leg on the head of a serpent; another interior view of a large glass and iron-fabricated building (the Great Exhibition). The photographs are arranged on the board in three rows; the top and bottom rows feature a single photograph, the centre row features three.


Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 6 parts.

  • Photographs
  • Photographs
  • Photographs
  • Photographs
  • Photographs
  • Photographs
TitleEarly Talbot Type Photographs (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Salted paper prints from calotype negatives
Brief description
Original exhibition board titled 'Early Talbot Type Photographs, lent by Robert C. Murray' featuring five photographs by Thomas A. Malone
Physical description
Exhibition board featuring five mounted sepia-tone photographs. The photographs depict: fruit in baskets; a microscope; an interior view of a large glass and iron-fabricated building (the Great Exhibition); a sculpture of a male figure with his left arm raised and his right leg on the head of a serpent; another interior view of a large glass and iron-fabricated building (the Great Exhibition). The photographs are arranged on the board in three rows; the top and bottom rows feature a single photograph, the centre row features three.
Dimensions
  • Board width: 540mm
  • Board height: 752mm (Note: Images measure (w x h) as follows: RPS.1242:1-2018 - 198 x 162 mm RPS.1242:2-2018 - 100 x 160 mm RPS.1242:3-2018 - 210 x 164 mm RPS.1242:4-2018 - 100 x 154 mm RPS.1242:5-2018 - 225 x 170 mm)
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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.
Object history
From the collection of Robert Charles Murray (1839-1918)
Other numbers
  • 2003-5001/2/23281 - Science Museum Group accession number
  • Alb C - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Accession number
RPS.1242-2018

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Record createdMarch 7, 2018
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