Early Talbot Type Photographs
Photograph
1848-51
1848-51
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Exhibition board featuring five mounted sepia-tone photographs. The photographs depict: fruit in baskets; a microscope; an interior view of a large glass and iron-fabricated building (the Great Exhibition); a sculpture of a male figure with his left arm raised and his right leg on the head of a serpent; another interior view of a large glass and iron-fabricated building (the Great Exhibition). The photographs are arranged on the board in three rows; the top and bottom rows feature a single photograph, the centre row features three.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 6 parts.
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| Title | Early Talbot Type Photographs (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Salted paper prints from calotype negatives |
| Brief description | Original exhibition board titled 'Early Talbot Type Photographs, lent by Robert C. Murray' featuring five photographs by Thomas A. Malone |
| Physical description | Exhibition board featuring five mounted sepia-tone photographs. The photographs depict: fruit in baskets; a microscope; an interior view of a large glass and iron-fabricated building (the Great Exhibition); a sculpture of a male figure with his left arm raised and his right leg on the head of a serpent; another interior view of a large glass and iron-fabricated building (the Great Exhibition). The photographs are arranged on the board in three rows; the top and bottom rows feature a single photograph, the centre row features three. |
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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 | From the collection of Robert Charles Murray (1839-1918) |
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| Accession number | RPS.1242-2018 |
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| Record created | March 7, 2018 |
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