Self portrait as an Artist's Study
Photograph
c. 1856 (photographed), 1987 (printed)
c. 1856 (photographed), 1987 (printed)
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Photograph of a self-portrait of Oscar Rejlander draped in a toga.
Object details
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| Title | Self portrait as an Artist's Study (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Modern gold toned gelatin silver print from a wet collodion negative. Printed onto 'Kodak Studio Proof' gelatin silver paper (discontinued in 1987), the closest extant paper to nineteenth-century printing-out paper. No attempt has been made to retouch or 'improve' the images, which have been made from the entire area of the negative. |
| Brief description | Photograph by Oscar Gustav Rejlander and printed by Ava Vargas, 'Self portrait as an Artist's Study', gelatin silver print, negative made c. 1856 (printed 1987) |
| Physical description | Photograph of a self-portrait of Oscar Rejlander draped in a toga. |
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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. |
| Production | This photograph is part of 'The Rejlander Portfolio'. Plate from a limited edition portfolio produced with the permission of The Royal Photographic Society in 1987. Only 30 sets of 10 gold toned printing-out paper prints were made direct from the original negatives. Note that the sets in The RPS Collection have not been numbered (artist proof sets?). |
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| Accession number | RPS.1323-2017 |
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| Record created | May 24, 2017 |
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