Experimental Woodburytype, 'Woman Kneeling over Chair with Box and Beads'
Photograph
ca. 1896 (photographed)
ca. 1896 (photographed)
| Artist/Maker |
A mounted black and white photomechanical print of a woman shown in profile kneeling over a wood chair examining an open box and holding beads in her left hand.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Experimental Woodburytype, 'Woman Kneeling over Chair with Box and Beads' (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Woodburytype print |
| Brief description | Photograph, possibly made by Walter Woodbury, 'Woman Kneeling over Chair with Box and Beads', Woodburytype, ca. 1896 |
| Physical description | A mounted black and white photomechanical print of a woman shown in profile kneeling over a wood chair examining an open box and holding beads in her left hand. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Woodburytype made at the R.P.S. April 1896' (pencil, verso, mount) |
| 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 | This is one of multiple experiments made by Walter B. Woodbury possibly towards the realisation and further development of his 23 September 1864 patent 'Producing Surfaces in Relief, &c.' which was to become the Woodburytype and the 1881 patent for the Stannotype. This experiment is part of an archive of Woodbury material that came in from a variety of sources, including the Woodbury family; some of the more experimental material was acquired during WWII from Thomas Bolas, a member of the Royal Photographic Society, and a well-known photographic chemist who lectured frequently on all branches of photographic and photo-mechanical work, and is generally recognised as the father of the ‘detective camera’. |
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| Other number | 2003-5001-2-22770 - Science Museum Group accession number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | RPS.169-2024 |
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| Record created | February 15, 2024 |
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