Portrait of Mrs Bell
Photograph
c. 1845 (photographed)
c. 1845 (photographed)
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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Accession number | RPS.363:2-2017 |
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Record created | May 12, 2017 |
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