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Frances Fellowes

Photograph
ca. 1880 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This album contains thirteen photographs of silhouettes depicting various members of the Fellowes family. Each photograph has been mounted on card, annotated with the name of the sitter at the bottom and then inserted into the album.

Around 1880, a photographic portrait studio by the name of E. & J. Baldwin was commissioned to photograph a series of silhouettes, or 'shadow profiles', made earlier in the century. This represents an intersection of two methods of recording one's likeness, practiced almost one hundred years apart. It is interesting to consider that this family had its collection of silhouettes photographed, possibly for posterity, and fashioned a beautiful album in which to display them.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleFrances Fellowes (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin silver print
Brief description
Photograph of a silhouette, gelatin silver print, 'Frances Fellowes', from E. & J. Baldwin album, Bath, ca. 1880.
Physical description
Photograph of a silhouette, or 'shadow profile', made earlier in the 19th century. Photograph mounted on card and inserted into album.
Dimensions
  • Card size height: 162mm
  • Card size width: 106mm
Marks and inscriptions
'E & J Baldwin, Charles Street, Bath' (Inscription on the base of the card, each card annotated with name of sitter)
Subjects depicted
Summary
This album contains thirteen photographs of silhouettes depicting various members of the Fellowes family. Each photograph has been mounted on card, annotated with the name of the sitter at the bottom and then inserted into the album.

Around 1880, a photographic portrait studio by the name of E. & J. Baldwin was commissioned to photograph a series of silhouettes, or 'shadow profiles', made earlier in the century. This represents an intersection of two methods of recording one's likeness, practiced almost one hundred years apart. It is interesting to consider that this family had its collection of silhouettes photographed, possibly for posterity, and fashioned a beautiful album in which to display them.
Collection
Accession number
E.9:4-2009

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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