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Camera Caricature

Photograph
ca. 1927 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Ponting, Herbert George (photographer)

Grid of 25 black and white portraits of a man on a card mount. Each of the portraits shows a distorted version of the original portait in the top left of the grid.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
The Royal Photographic Society
Portraits
Object type
Photograph
TitleCamera Caricature (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photographic Paper
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Herbert George Ponting, 'Camera Caricature', grid of mounted silver gelatin prints on card, ca. 1927
Physical description
Grid of 25 black and white portraits of a man on a card mount. Each of the portraits shows a distorted version of the original portait in the top left of the grid.
Dimensions
  • Grid of images width: 356mm
  • Grid of images height: 495mm
  • Mount height: 524mm
  • Paper width: 385mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'These 24 caricatures were all made from the portrait in the upper left-hand corner by Mr Herbert G. Ponting F.R.P.S. by meand of his "Distortograph" (Patented.)' (Typed in ink underneath image on mount.)
  • 'CAMERA CARICATURE by Herbert G. Ponting F.R.P.S' (Stamped in purple ink on verso.)
  • 'Accepted and hung at the exhibition of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain 1934' (Printed on white sticker on verso.)
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.
Subject depicted
Ponting, Herbert George
Other numbers
  • XRP432 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 2003-5001_2_28491 - Science Museum Group accession number
  • 6325 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.3336-2018

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Record createdAugust 28, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1459162/camera-caricature-photograph-ponting-herbert-george/
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