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Photograph (Collodion Positive on Glass) of Henry Hill Hodgson on a Four-Wheel Velocipede, c.1856

Inventory Number 72770


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.72770

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lady Dalrymple-Champneys in 1989. The photograph is of a member of her first husband's family.
Primary inscriptions
Inscribed on original backing paper (now 12853): 'Henry Hill Hodgson, of Brathay House, Anerley | on his 4-wheeled veloscipede | ca.1856'.
Physical material
Glass
Paint
Dimensions
Height: 40mm Width: 266mm Depth: 266mm Weight: 397g
Inventory No
72770
Accession Number
1989-105

Description

Collodion positive on glass (ambrotype), full-plate size (approximately 6½ by 8½ inches), broken. A young man, Henry Hill Hodgson, sitting on his four-wheel velocipede, his hands and feet on the controls, looking proudly towards the camera. Horizontal format. Coloured.

Henry Hill Hodgson (1837-1919) was a bookseller and auctioneer, following his father in 1867 in running a sale room at 115 Chancery Lane, London. He retired in 1900, but the family firm and sale room existed until 1981.