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Young girl sat in a garden with a cat

Photograph
ca. 1915 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Autochrome depicting a young girl in a white and blue dress with a fabric headband kneeling in a garden facing the camera. To her left is a grey cat. Two glass plates sandwiched together and taped around the edges.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleYoung girl sat in a garden with a cat (generic title)
Materials and techniques
autochrome
Brief description
Photograph by Helen Messinger Murdoch, 'Young girl sat in a garden with a cat', Colorado, autochrome, ca. 1915
Physical description
Autochrome depicting a young girl in a white and blue dress with a fabric headband kneeling in a garden facing the camera. To her left is a grey cat. Two glass plates sandwiched together and taped around the edges.
Dimensions
  • Height: 83mm
  • Width: 107mm
  • Depth: 3mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '50-IX' (Handwritten in pencil on a circular white sticker on the bottom left of the tape surrounding the plate.)
  • 'INV: 10948' (Handwritten in pencil 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
Other number
10948 - Royal Photographic Society number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.1755-2018

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Record createdJune 5, 2018
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