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Photograph (Collodion Positive on Glass) of a Man, 1850s

Inventory Number 58627


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.58627

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by E. J. Bowen in 1956. Belonged to the family of Bowen's wife, Edith, who was the daughter of Joseph and Margaret Moule, farmers, of Hartlebury, near Worcester.
Dimensions
Height: 75mm Width: 63mm Depth: 9mm Weight: 42g
Inventory No
58627
Accession Number
1956-14

Description

Collodion positive on glass (ambrotype), enclosed and cased, 1850s. Portrait of a man, seated three-quarter length his left arm is on a table by his top hat. Photograph is hand tinted. Enclosed in a gilt frame with an arched-top copper alloy mat. Embedded in a half-case of wood covered in thin leather.

The photograph is one of three, depicting members of the same family (Companion of Inv. 58627 and Inv. 63540).