- Subject
- Photography
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- James Minn
- Provenance
- Bequeathed by Henry Minn in 1961. The subject is his grandfather and the photographer his father.
- Primary inscriptions
- Inscribed on backing card: 'James Minn | E Dereham | Norfolk. | Feby 1860'.
- Dimensions
- Height: 84mm Width: 71mm
- Inventory No
- 42994
- Accession Number
- 1961-137/33
Description
Collodion positive on glass (ambrotype), enclosed. Portrait of William John Minn, head and shoulders, facing left. Vertical format. Enclosed in brass frame and wide, decorated oval brass mat. Ring for hanging attached to backing card. A small companion of 28296, in the same pose and taken at the same time; see also 15392.
Related Items
More related items- Photograph (Collodion Positive on Glass) of William John Minn, by James Minn, February 1860Inventory Number 28296
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- Photograph (Gelatine Glass Negative) of Military Cadets in Merton Field, Oxford, Probably by Henry Minn, March 1917Inventory Number 22231