Photograph Album
ca. 1870s (made)
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This is a page in a photograph album. Four black and white albumen photographs in oval shapes have been pasted onto the page. The top image shows a seated woman with a young child on her knee, the woman is in profile and the child appears to be looking into the camera. The image on the right is a full-length portrait of a man seated at a desk or table with books placed on it, he leans his elbow on the table and looks off to the left. The image on the left is a full-length portrait of a woman seated at a desk writing or drawing as she looks down at an open book in front of her. The bottom image is an upper body portrait of a seated man with a bushy moustache and sideburns. A hand-painted watercolour surround of green, yellow, and brown autumn leaves has been added above and below the photographs.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Albumen print pasted into album with a hand-painted watercolour botanical surround. |
| Brief description | Photographic album once owned by Miss Mabel Annie Burnip (1893-1984). The album may have been bequeathed to Mabel Burnip from Dr Ethel Mary Nucella Williams (1863-1948) of Stocksfield, UK. This highly decorated Victorian album contains photographic images collaged with hand- painted borders and embellishments. The album pages contain a mixture of photographic reproductions of paintings that depict social, historical, and religious scenes or events alongside domestic family photographs and cartes-de-visites of notable people including royal and military figures. The album is bound in red leather with the name ‘MARY’ embossed in gold on the front cover. |
| Physical description | This is a page in a photograph album. Four black and white albumen photographs in oval shapes have been pasted onto the page. The top image shows a seated woman with a young child on her knee, the woman is in profile and the child appears to be looking into the camera. The image on the right is a full-length portrait of a man seated at a desk or table with books placed on it, he leans his elbow on the table and looks off to the left. The image on the left is a full-length portrait of a woman seated at a desk writing or drawing as she looks down at an open book in front of her. The bottom image is an upper body portrait of a seated man with a bushy moustache and sideburns. A hand-painted watercolour surround of green, yellow, and brown autumn leaves has been added above and below the photographs. |
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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 | Photographic album once owned by Miss Mabel Annie Burnip (1893-1984). The album was possibly bequeathed to Mabel Burnip from Dr Ethel Mary Nucella Williams (1863-1948) of Stocksfield, UK. This highly decorated Victorian album contains photographic images collaged with hand painted borders and embellishments. The album pages contain a mixture of albumen photographic print reproductions of paintings that depict social, historical, and religious scenes or events alongside domestic family photographs and cartes-de-visites of well-known figures including royal and military figures. The album is bound in red leather with the name ‘MARY’ embossed in gold on the front cover. |
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| Accession number | RPS.1177:31-2019 |
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| Record created | October 22, 2019 |
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