A portrait of 'Gen the Hon Sir Edward Cust'

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Artist/Maker	Southwell Brothers (Photographer)
Place of origin	Marylebone (photographed)

Carte-de-visite depicting a portrait of 'Gen the Hon Sir Edward Cust', standing between a chair with a top hat on it and a table with a vase on it. He is holding a opened book with his right hand in front of his chest. Full length portrait, facing to the left. He is General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust (1794-1878), Army officer, historian and politician.

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Categories	Photographs The Royal Photographic Society Military Politics Portraits RPS Digitisation Project New
Object type	Photograph
Title	A portrait of 'Gen the Hon Sir Edward Cust' (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Albumen photograph mounted on card. Photographic Paper Albumen Process Photography
Brief description	Photograph by Southwell Brothers, a portrait of 'Gen the Hon Sir Edward Cust', albumen print, ca. 1860s
Physical description	Carte-de-visite depicting a portrait of 'Gen the Hon Sir Edward Cust', standing between a chair with a top hat on it and a table with a vase on it. He is holding a opened book with his right hand in front of his chest. Full length portrait, facing to the left. He is General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust (1794-1878), Army officer, historian and politician.
Dimensions	Height: 100mm Width: 62mm
Marks and inscriptions	' MESSRS SOUTHWELL / PHOTOGRAPHERS ROYAL / 16 BAKER ST. PORTMAN SQER. LONDON' (Printed on verso, part of logo.) 'Gen the Hon Sir Edward Cust' (Handwritten in pencil on verso.) 'SOUTHWELL' (Printed on recto, below the image.)
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 numbers	XRG304 - RPS collection - V&A identifier RPS.W.537 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection	Department of Photography
Accession number	RPS.4437-2018

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Record created	October 4, 2018
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1462095/a-portrait-of-gen-the-photograph-southwell-brothers/

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