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Niagara Falls

Photograph
April 1840 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Pattinson, Hugh Lee (photographer)
Place of origin
United States (photographed)

Daguerreotype of a view of the Niagara Falls, probably from the Canadian side. This is in a glazed passe-partout frame, rebound in September 1980. The backing board is covered in a patterned 'wood-effect' paper. There is part of a red fabric loop at the top that was probably used to hang the image.
The object is labelled several times with the date as 1843, but has later been corrected to 1840. Possibly related to the daguerreotype used to create the engraving for Lerebours's 'Excursions Daguerriennes'.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Landscapes
Portraits
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
TitleNiagara Falls (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Daguerreotype in a passe-partout frame
Copper
Glass
Paper (Fiber Product)
Daguerreotype
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Hugh Lee Pattinson, Niagara Falls, daguerreotype, 1840.
Physical description
Daguerreotype of a view of the Niagara Falls, probably from the Canadian side. This is in a glazed passe-partout frame, rebound in September 1980. The backing board is covered in a patterned 'wood-effect' paper. There is part of a red fabric loop at the top that was probably used to hang the image.
The object is labelled several times with the date as 1843, but has later been corrected to 1840. Possibly related to the daguerreotype used to create the engraving for Lerebours's 'Excursions Daguerriennes'.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 152mm
  • Image width: 203mm
  • Frame height: 254mm
  • Frame width: 305mm
  • Frame depth: 7mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Niagra / Taken 1843 / Lent by W. J. Swan F.R.S. (Handwritten on label on the recto, stuck on the bottom left corner of the glazing.)
  • 41 RPS / Daguerreotype of Niagara / taken by Hugh Lee Pattinson FRS / in or near the year 1843. / Presented to the Royal Photographic Society / by J. W. Swan FRS May 14/1901 (Handwritten on a label on the verso, stuck on the original paper backing.)
  • View of Niagara / Taken by Hugh Lee Pattinson F.R.S. / between 1843 + 1845. (Handwritten in black ink on verso, directly onto paper backing.)
  • Rebound 9/80 (Handwritten in pencil on verso of frame.)
  • (Green sticker with '142' stuck on verso of frame.)
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
Presented by J. W. Swan FRS to the RPS on May 14, 1901.
Associated object
PROV.6612-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • XRG1055 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 2003-5001/2/28218 - Science Museum Group accession number
  • Cat no. 142 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • C7/D5 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • 41A - Royal Photographic Society number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.605-2017

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Record createdJuly 11, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1404059/niagara-falls-photograph-pattinson-hugh-lee/
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