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Photograph (Salted Paper Print) of an Unknown Man, by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, 1843-1847

Inventory Number 15336


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.15336

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Dr Ernst Weil in 1949.
Primary inscriptions
Pencil inscriptions on back: 'dup in book' and 'no name | ?n/D'.
Other inscriptions
?Modern pencil inscription on back: 'AK 9'.
Physical material
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 178mm Width: 140mm
Inventory No
15336
Accession Number
1949-2/3

Description

Calotype (salted paper print from a calotype negative) of an unknown man, seated half-length partly turned to right, holding a thin cane. Rich brown, only slight fading to edges and corners; two marks or stains.

For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives.