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Portrait of Mrs Bell

Photograph
c. 1845 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Salted paper print of a portrait of Mrs Bell in profile. Print is mounted onto the paper, and is framed in a border created of hand-drawn lines in black ink.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Portrait of Mrs Bell (generic title)
  • Mrs Bell (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Salted paper print from a calotype negative.
Brief description
Photograph by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, Portrait of Mrs Bell, salted paper print, c. 1845.
Physical description
Salted paper print of a portrait of Mrs Bell in profile. Print is mounted onto the paper, and is framed in a border created of hand-drawn lines in black ink.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 195mm
  • Image width: 146mm
  • Paper mount height: 367mm
  • Paper mount width: 277mm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • Mrs Bell (Recto, below image in pencil.)
  • 48 (Recto, top right corner, handwritten in pencil.)
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Object history
This object is mounted onto the same sheet of paper as RPS.363:1-2017.
Associated objects
Other numbers
  • XRP1516 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 2003-5001/2/28415 - Science Museum Group accession number
  • 8447/2 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
Collection
Accession number
RPS.363:2-2017

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Record createdMay 12, 2017
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