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Photograph (?Albumen Print) of Tun Photographic Rooms, Probably by John Thomson RN, c.1850

Inventory Number 11923


Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by W. Chesterman in 1937. He was the technician in the Department of Human Anatomy, Oxford, and acquired them from Professor Arthur Thomson (1858-1935). They belonged to his father John Thomson, of Edinburgh, a naval surgeon.
Physical material
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 150mm Width: 198mm
Inventory No
11923
Accession Number
1937-15

Description

?Albumen print or transition technique between salted paper print and albumen print. Purplish colour. Tun Photographic Rooms.

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