Elderly couple with three children
Photograph
ca. 1850 (photographed)
ca. 1850 (photographed)
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A family group photographed in an arch. At the centre of the group there is a sested man with a child on his knee. A wman stands at his other side , her hand resting on his shoulder. Two young girls pose at each side, one stands against the arch and the other sits against the opposite side of the arch. All, except the woman, wear hats. This is the same location as PH.92-1983
Object details
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| Title | Elderly couple with three children (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | salted paper print from paper nagative |
| Brief description | Calvert Richard Jones, Elderly couple with three children, Gresley? family, at Giffords Hall, Stoke by Nayland. Calotype, ca. 1845-8. |
| Physical description | A family group photographed in an arch. At the centre of the group there is a sested man with a child on his knee. A wman stands at his other side , her hand resting on his shoulder. Two young girls pose at each side, one stands against the arch and the other sits against the opposite side of the arch. All, except the woman, wear hats. This is the same location as PH.92-1983 |
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| Object history | During the 1830s William Henry Fox Talbot invented a way of making paper negatives and from them multiple paper prints. In doing so, he laid the foundations of modern photography. Calvert Jones learned of these developments in 1839 through a neighbour who was a cousin of Talbot. Jones lived in South Wales and he made many photographs there and in the West of England. He also traveled widely making photographs on the continent. Jones work stands out in the early development of photography because he was one of the first to apply a schooled artist's eye to the medium. |
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| Accession number | PH.94-1983 |
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| Record created | July 28, 2008 |
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