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The Poor Law Guardians: Board-day application for bread

Photograph
c. 1840s (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Hogg, Jabez (photographer)
Cope, Charles West RA (painter)
Place of origin
Westminster (photographed)

Daguerreotype of an artwork called 'The Poor Law Guardians: Board-day application for bread' by Charles West Cope, which he exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1841.
The daguerreotype is in a cream card mount and glazed. The verso of the object is backed with paper. The mount and glazing are held together with a black tape edging.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
TitleThe Poor Law Guardians: Board-day application for bread (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Framed daguerreotype
Copper
Glass
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber Product)
Daguerreotype
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Jabez Hogg after a painting by Charles West Cope, The Poor Law Guardians, daguerreotype, c. 1840s.
Physical description
Daguerreotype of an artwork called 'The Poor Law Guardians: Board-day application for bread' by Charles West Cope, which he exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1841.
The daguerreotype is in a cream card mount and glazed. The verso of the object is backed with paper. The mount and glazing are held together with a black tape edging.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 68mm
  • Image width: 94mm
  • Frame height: 119mm
  • Frame width: 146mm
  • Frame depth: 4mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • The Poor Law Guardians / from Cope's Picture / Exhibited 1842 / By Chas West Cope R.A. / died 1890

    Note
    Handwritten on verso in ink, on the original paper backing.



  • Note
    RPS numbers handwritten on verso in black ink. Green sticker with '65' on recto, in top left corner of glazing. Brown paper with '72' handwritten in ink, stuck on recto, in top left corner of glazing.

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
Gift no. 2377.
Production
This daguerreotype was made after a painting by Charles West Cope.
Associated object
PROV.6588-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • XRG1033 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 2003-5001/2/28148 - Science Museum Group accession number
  • 13027 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • C7/D3 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • Cat no. 65 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • 72 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • Gift no. 2377 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.484-2017

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Record createdJune 19, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1398691/the-poor-law-guardians-board-photograph-hogg-jabez/
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