Oliver Madox Brown
Photograph
1871 (photographed)
1871 (photographed)
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k Hollyer was the photographer of choice for the artistic set of the late 19th century. His Portraits of Many Persons of Note fills three volumes with nearly 200 portraits and comprises a pictorial ‘Who’s Who’ of late Victorian and Edwardian celebrities. This portrait is of author and painter Oliver Madox-Brown, son of the distuingished painter Ford Madox-Brown. The photograph was taken just three years before his premature death by gout at the age of 19.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Platinum print |
| Brief description | Portrait of Oliver Madox-Brown (1855-1874) Portraits of many persons of note photographed by Frederick Hollyer, Vol. 3, platinum print, 1871 |
| Physical description | Half-length portrait of Oliver facivng the viewer. |
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| Credit line | Given by Eleanor M. Hollyer |
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| Summary | k Hollyer was the photographer of choice for the artistic set of the late 19th century. His Portraits of Many Persons of Note fills three volumes with nearly 200 portraits and comprises a pictorial ‘Who’s Who’ of late Victorian and Edwardian celebrities. This portrait is of author and painter Oliver Madox-Brown, son of the distuingished painter Ford Madox-Brown. The photograph was taken just three years before his premature death by gout at the age of 19. |
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| Accession number | 7606-1938 |
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| Record created | February 26, 2003 |
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