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Photograph

ca. 1855-1860 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A photograph depicting a reliquary or chasse, c.1490, said to have contained the relics of St. Boniface.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Albumen print from collodion negative
Brief description
Photograph attributed to Francis Bedford, depicting a reliquary or chasse, c.1490, said to have contained the relics of St. Boniface, albumen print, Great Britain, ca.1855-1860
Physical description
A photograph depicting a reliquary or chasse, c.1490, said to have contained the relics of St. Boniface.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13cm
  • Width: 19.6cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1995
Marks and inscriptions
Signed in the negative 'F. Bedford'
Object history
It is likely that the objects photographed here were exhibited in the Great Exhibition of 1851.
Subject depicted
Association
Associated object
37:142 (Duplicate)
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1995
Collection
Accession number
E.436-1995

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Record createdMarch 24, 2009
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