Portrait of a woman with two children
Photograph
ca. 1860s-1880s (photographed)
ca. 1860s-1880s (photographed)
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A sepia coloured photograph of a woman standing behind a desk. A child wearing a kilt and velvet jacket is seated on the desk to her right with his feet resting on the seat of a chair. Adjacent to the desk is a child wearing a white lace dress and ribboned boots seated on a chair with her hand resting on a drawing of a man, her feet rest on a low foot stool. The woman's arm is around her back.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Portrait of a woman with two children (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen process
?Collodion varnish |
| Brief description | Photograph by the Science & Art Photo Co, Portrait of a woman with two children, albumen print, ca. 1860s-1880s |
| Physical description | A sepia coloured photograph of a woman standing behind a desk. A child wearing a kilt and velvet jacket is seated on the desk to her right with his feet resting on the seat of a chair. Adjacent to the desk is a child wearing a white lace dress and ribboned boots seated on a chair with her hand resting on a drawing of a man, her feet rest on a low foot stool. The woman's arm is around her back. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Printed on recto: 'Cabinet Portrait. Schulz & Suck. Carlsruhe, Langestr No. 217'.
Printed on verso: 'Photographisches Institut. Schultz & Suck. Langestr. 217. Carlsruhe'.
(Inscribed in pencil on verso: number 11845) |
| 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 | |
| Other number | XRG301 - RPS collection - V&A identifier |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | RPS.296-2022 |
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| Record created | June 29, 2022 |
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