A portrait of 'William Carr MD'

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Artist/Maker	Arthur J. Melhuish (photographer)
Place of origin	Marylebone (photographed)

Carte-de-visite depicting a portrait of 'William Carr MD' wearing military uniform and is holding a sword in his left hand. He is seated beside a table and there is bicorn hat with feathers on the table. Full length portrait.

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Categories	Photographs The Royal Photographic Society Portraits
Object type	Photograph
Title	A portrait of 'William Carr MD' (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Albumen photograph mounted on card. Photographic Paper Albumen Process Photography
Brief description	Photograph by A. J. Melhuish, a portrait of 'William Carr MD', albumen print, ca. 1875
Physical description	Carte-de-visite depicting a portrait of 'William Carr MD' wearing military uniform and is holding a sword in his left hand. He is seated beside a table and there is bicorn hat with feathers on the table. Full length portrait.
Dimensions	Height: 105mm Width: 63mm
Marks and inscriptions	'12, YORK PLACE, PORTMAN SQUARE. / ARTHUR JAMES MELHUISH'S / PRIVATE PORTRAIT STUDIO' (Printed on verso, as part of logo.) 'A.J. MELHUISH / 12, York Place, Portman Square' (Printed on recto, below the image.) 'William Carr / M.D.' (Handwritten 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.
Object history	Part of the Windsor Collection.
Associated object	PROV.5861-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers	XRG303 - RPS collection - V&A identifier RPS.W.437 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection	Department of Photography
Accession number	RPS.84-2019

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Record created	January 11, 2019
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1469479/a-portrait-of-william-carr-photograph-arthur-j-melhuish/

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