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Karin Svedberg

Photograph
1887 (photographed)
Artist/Maker

A sepia-coloured cabinet card of a portrait of a small child with bonnet seated against a painted backdrop on an upholstered wooden chair set next to an elaborately carved wooden table.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleKarin Svedberg (generic title)
Materials and techniques
albumen print
Brief description
Photograph by Friese Greene & Collings, 'Karin Svedberg', albumen cabinet card, 1887
Physical description
A sepia-coloured cabinet card of a portrait of a small child with bonnet seated against a painted backdrop on an upholstered wooden chair set next to an elaborately carved wooden table.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 17cm
  • Mount width: 11.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Friese Green & Collings' company logo with address (printed logo recto, mount)
  • sitter identified and dated; Royal Photographic Society ink stamp (ink, ink stamp, 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
Presented by Miss Karin Svedberg, London, November 1933
Subjects depicted
Other numbers
  • 7541 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • F9 - RPS identifier - box number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.1789-2024

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Record createdJune 25, 2024
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