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A portrait of 'Miss Louisa Pyne'

Photograph
1860-1869 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Southwell Brothers (Photographer)
Place of origin
Marylebone (photographed)

Carte-de-visite depicting a portrait of 'Miss Louisa Pyne' holding a black lace shawl, standing between a table and a pillar. She is Louisa Fanny Pyne (1832-1904), an English soprano. Handcoloured.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
The Royal Photographic Society
Portraits
Military
RPS Digitisation Project New
Object type
Photograph
TitleA portrait of 'Miss Louisa Pyne' (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen photograph mounted on card.
Photographic Paper
Albumen Process
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Southwell Brothers, a portrait of 'Miss Louisa Pyne', albumen print, ca. 1860s
Physical description
Carte-de-visite depicting a portrait of 'Miss Louisa Pyne' holding a black lace shawl, standing between a table and a pillar. She is Louisa Fanny Pyne (1832-1904), an English soprano. Handcoloured.
Dimensions
  • Height: 100mm
  • Width: 62mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'SOUTHWELL / BROTHERS / Photographers Royal. / 16 & 22 BAKER STREET / LONDON (Printed on verso, part of logo.)
  • 'Miss Lousia Pyne' (Handwritten in pencil on verso.)
  • 'SOUTHWELL' (Printed on recto, below the image.)
  • 'ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY / 35, RUSSELL SQUARE / LONDON, W.C.1' (Stamped on verso.)
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.
Associated object
PROV.5861-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other number
XRG304 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.4435-2018

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Record createdOctober 4, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1462072/a-portrait-of-miss-louisa-photograph-southwell-brothers/
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