The Feeble English Sun
Photograph
1898 (made)
1898 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Object Type
This photograph is taken from a family photograph album. Most of the photographs in it are printed on platinum paper, which was introduced in 1879. Such a photograph was expensive to produce and enjoyed for its delicate tonal gradations and matt surface.
Ownership & Use
This family photograph album contains single and group portraits and depictions of sports and pastimes that would have amused family, friends and visitors. It is a personal keepsake and document of a wealthy family of the 1890s. Many Victorian and Edwardian family photograph albums such as these were acquired by the V&A in the 1950s and 60s to show examples of the dress of that period.
This photograph is taken from a family photograph album. Most of the photographs in it are printed on platinum paper, which was introduced in 1879. Such a photograph was expensive to produce and enjoyed for its delicate tonal gradations and matt surface.
Ownership & Use
This family photograph album contains single and group portraits and depictions of sports and pastimes that would have amused family, friends and visitors. It is a personal keepsake and document of a wealthy family of the 1890s. Many Victorian and Edwardian family photograph albums such as these were acquired by the V&A in the 1950s and 60s to show examples of the dress of that period.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | The Feeble English Sun (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Platinum print |
| Brief description | Photograph in a family photograph album captioned 'The Feeble English Sun' |
| Physical description | Two women sitting on the doorstep. |
| Credit line | The Ashton Collection |
| Object history | Taken in Britain by an unknown photographer |
| Summary | Object Type This photograph is taken from a family photograph album. Most of the photographs in it are printed on platinum paper, which was introduced in 1879. Such a photograph was expensive to produce and enjoyed for its delicate tonal gradations and matt surface. Ownership & Use This family photograph album contains single and group portraits and depictions of sports and pastimes that would have amused family, friends and visitors. It is a personal keepsake and document of a wealthy family of the 1890s. Many Victorian and Edwardian family photograph albums such as these were acquired by the V&A in the 1950s and 60s to show examples of the dress of that period. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.2283:189-1997 |
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| Record created | November 2, 2006 |
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