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Portrait of two small children and a baby

Photograph
ca. 1880s (photographed)
Artist/Maker

A mounted sepia-toned photograph of two small children with dark hair, seated with a baby wearing a light coloured dress. The photograph has a descriptive label and annotations regarding the circumstances of production.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePortrait of two small children and a baby (generic title)
Materials and techniques
bromide print
Brief description
Photograph by Hurter and Driffield, 'Portrait of two small children and a baby', bromide print, ca. 1880s
Physical description
A mounted sepia-toned photograph of two small children with dark hair, seated with a baby wearing a light coloured dress. The photograph has a descriptive label and annotations regarding the circumstances of production.
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 5.5cm
  • Paper width: 8.5cm
  • Mount height: 28.1cm
  • Mount width: 23cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • ILFORD RAPID PAPER. RANGE 320 TO 0.625 C.M.S. MEAN LOG OF RANGE 1.150. PRINTING FACTOR 0.6.'/'N.D's 2.130 & 0.295 M.D. 1.212 EXP. 75.3 CMS'

    Note
    ink, recto, mount

  • The 4 Portraits of illeg. Phillips are illeg. In DN - G. f 82 W.B.F'

    Note
    ink, 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 photograph is assembled in a box along with other photographs and various ephemera relating to Hurter & Driffield's actinometer and actinomgraph experiments.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
RPS.475:9-2025

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Record createdFebruary 10, 2025
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