Portrait of a young man
Photograph
about 1910 (made)
about 1910 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Photographic portrait, hand coloured, of a young man, head and shoulders, wearing a pink jacket and a loose white cravat, mounted in a gilt miniature case.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Portrait of a young man (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Hand coloured carbon print on a cellulose nitrate support (ivorine) |
| Brief description | Photographic portrait, hand coloured, of a young man wearing a pink jacket and a loose white cravat, mounted in a gilt miniature case. |
| Physical description | Photographic portrait, hand coloured, of a young man, head and shoulders, wearing a pink jacket and a loose white cravat, mounted in a gilt miniature case. |
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| Object history | This photograph was part of a group of seven small framed or cased portraits. They were given to the vendor's aunt, a governess, by her employers. |
| Historical context | This group illustrates the interelations between miniature painting and photography at the end of the 19th century, including painted photographs, miniatures painted on a photographic base on ivory, and miniatures on ivory painted from photographs. |
| Bibliographic reference | For the process of carbon transfer onto ivory or celluloid see Luis Nadeau Encyclopedia of Printing, Photographic and Photomechanical Processes. 1989. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.336-1995 |
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| Record created | January 30, 2001 |
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