Miss May Driffield in Garden
Photograph
ca. 1880s (photographed)
ca. 1880s (photographed)
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A mounted sepia-toned photograph of a portrait of a young woman with hat standing next to a tree with her arm wrapped around the trunk while holding a book.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Miss May Driffield in Garden (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | bromide print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Vero Charles Driffield, 'Miss May Driffield in Garden', bromide print, ca. 1880s |
| Physical description | A mounted sepia-toned photograph of a portrait of a young woman with hat standing next to a tree with her arm wrapped around the trunk while holding a book. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | ILFORD SLOW PAPER. RANGE 320 TO 5 CMS. MEAN LOG OF RANGE I-602. PRINTING FACTOR. , I-50. MEAN DENSITY, 0.705. EXPOSURE 456 CMS. Note ink, recto, 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 photograph is assembled in a box along with other photographs and various ephemera relating to Hurter & Driffield's actinometer and actinomgraph experiments |
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| Accession number | RPS.468-2025 |
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| Record created | February 10, 2025 |
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