Portrait of two small children and a baby
Photograph
ca. 1880s (photographed)
ca. 1880s (photographed)
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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
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| Title | Portrait 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. |
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| 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.475:9-2025 |
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| Record created | February 10, 2025 |
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