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The Awakening

Photograph
1903 (made)
Artist/Maker
Barton, Emma (artist)

Photograph by Emma Barton, 'The Awakening' Carbon Print, 1903

Object details

Categories
The Royal Photographic Society
Photographs
Portraits
Object type
Photograph
TitleThe Awakening (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Carbon Print Process
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Emma Barton, 'The Awakening' Carbon Print, 1903
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.7cm
  • Width: 26.5cm
Gallery label
Making It Up: Photographic Fictions (2018)

Like many Pictorialist photographers, Barton found ideas for style, composition and subject matter in Old Master paintings. She made numerous Madonna and Child studies but considered The Awakening her ‘best picture’. It was included in the British section of the St Louis International Exhibition in 1904.

Marta Weiss
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.
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.1246-2018

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Record createdMarch 7, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1435336/the-awakening-photograph-barton-emma/
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