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Photographic Convention Meeting at Gloucester

Photograph
1899 (photographed)
Place of origin
Gloucester (photographed)

Monotone photograph, on thin paper, depicting a group photograph of men in four rows.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
The Royal Photographic Society
Portraits
Children & Childhood
Object type
Photograph
TitlePhotographic Convention Meeting at Gloucester (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photography
Brief description
Photograph, 'Photographic Convention Meeting at Gloucester', by an unkown photographer, 1899
Physical description
Monotone photograph, on thin paper, depicting a group photograph of men in four rows.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Placement diagram of 28 council members in the group photograph, 27 are numbered, 15 are named (Handwritten in ink on tracing paper attached on verso)
  • 'Convention 1899 at Gloucester' (Handwritten in pencil on verso.)
  • 'Portrait Box 8' (Handwritten in pencil on verso)
  • 'Ref No P105' (Handwritten in ink on verso)
  • 'Photographic Convention Meeting at Gloucester 1899' (Handwritten in pencil on verso.)
  • 'Council of the Photographic Convention of the United kingdon, at Gloucester, July 1899' (Typed list of Council Members on seperate paper, 17 are named)
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
Gloucester
Other numbers
  • Portrait Box 8 - RPS identifier - box number
  • P105 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.5239-2018

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Record createdOctober 30, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1463613/photographic-convention-meeting-at-gloucester-photograph/
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