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Portrait of Young Girl, Screen & Kitten

Photograph
1887 (photographed)
Artist/Maker

A sepia-coloured cabinet card of a smiling small girl standing against a painted backdrop and partially obscured by a screen of bamboo and with floral design with a small light-coloured kitten in the foreground.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePortrait of Young Girl, Screen & Kitten (generic title)
Materials and techniques
albumen print
Brief description
Photograph by Friese Greene & Collings, 'Portrait of Young Girl, Screen & Kitten', albumen cabinet card, 1887
Physical description
A sepia-coloured cabinet card of a smiling small girl standing against a painted backdrop and partially obscured by a screen of bamboo and with floral design with a small light-coloured kitten in the foreground.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 15.3cm
  • Mount width: 11.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
Friese Green & Collings' company logo with addresses; Royal Photographic Society ink stamp; dated (printed on verso of cabinet card; ink stamp, ink)
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
Presented by Miss Karin Svedberg, London, November 1933
Subjects depicted
Other numbers
  • 7542 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • F9 - RPS identifier - box number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.1785-2024

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Record createdJune 25, 2024
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