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Woman from Honolulu

Photograph
ca. 1916 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Messinger Murdoch, Helen (photographer)
Place of origin
San Francisco (photographed)

Autochrome portrait of a young woman in a dress with a rose pinned to her lapel. On the left of the image is a mirror, giving a profile view of the sitter. Two glass plates sandwiched together and taped around the edges, with black card used to mask the emulsion plate, changing the orientation from landscape to portrait. Some of the emulsion on the bottom edge of the image is slightly degraded and cracking but stable.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
Fashion
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
TitleWoman from Honolulu (generic title)
Materials and techniques
autochrome
Glass
Autochrome
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Helen Messinger Murdoch, 'Woman from Honolulu', San Francisco, autochrome, ca. 1916
Physical description
Autochrome portrait of a young woman in a dress with a rose pinned to her lapel. On the left of the image is a mirror, giving a profile view of the sitter. Two glass plates sandwiched together and taped around the edges, with black card used to mask the emulsion plate, changing the orientation from landscape to portrait. Some of the emulsion on the bottom edge of the image is slightly degraded and cracking but stable.
Dimensions
  • Height: 83mm
  • Width: 107mm
  • Depth: 3mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'INV: 10880' (Handwritten in pencil on the bottom left of the tape surrounding the plate.)
  • '21-IX' (Handwritten in pencil on a circular sticker on the bottom left of the tape surrounding the plate.)
  • ''Miss (?) from Honolulu' (Handwritten in pencil on a white sticker on the bottom section of 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
San Francisco
Other number
10880 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.1740-2018

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Record createdMarch 21, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1436227/woman-from-honolulu-photograph-messinger-murdoch-helen/
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