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A portrait of a young girl

Photograph
September 1891 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Vandyke & Brown (Photographer)
Place of origin
Liverpool (photographed)

Carte-de-visite depicting a portrait of a young girl seated on a chair with a toy horse to her left.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
The Royal Photographic Society
Portraits
Military
Object type
Photograph
TitleA portrait of a young girl (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen photograph mounted on card.
Photographic Paper
Albumen Process
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Vandyke & Brown, a portrait of a young girl, albumen print, September 1891
Physical description
Carte-de-visite depicting a portrait of a young girl seated on a chair with a toy horse to her left.
Dimensions
  • Height: 100mm
  • Width: 62mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Artistes / in Photography / Miniature & Portrait / Painters &c / Vandyke & Brown / 31, Bold Street / 34, Castle Street / 87, Lord Street, / Liverpool. / Studio for Equestrain Portraits & Out door Groups / South Hunter Street' (Printed on verso, as part of logo.)
  • '[Doatly Kiccrie Austa / Billiauns ru?], aged. / 2 years & 9 months / Septr. 1891.' (Handwritten in ink on verso. The first part is unreadable?)
  • 'VANDYKE & BROWN / LIVERPOOL' (Printed in ink on recto, below the image.)
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.
Associated object
PROV.5861-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • XRG304 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • RPS.W558 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.4690-2018

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Record createdOctober 10, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1462451/a-portrait-of-a-young-photograph-vandyke--brown/
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