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Portrait of Richard Ansdell, painter
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Portrait of Richard Ansdell, painter
- Object:
Photograph
- Place of origin:
London, England (probably, photographed)
- Date:
1857 (photographed)
- Artist/Maker:
William Lake Price (photographer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Albumen-silver print on card
- Credit Line:
Transferred from the British Museum
- Museum number:
E.1383-2000
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level H, case X, shelf 50
William Henry Lake Price, himself a painter and printmaker as well as a photographer, has portrayed his fellow artist Richard Ansdell (1815-1885) with the traditional tools of his profession and a still life composed of characteristic materials of the genre in Victorian times. This portrait was first seen at the Photographic Society of London exhibition held at the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A) in February and March 1858. This was the first photographic exhibition held in any museum in the world.
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