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Photograph (Modern Gelatine Print) of A. C. Hyde Parker, Taken by Himself, 1958

Inventory Number 12966


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.12966

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by A. C. Hyde Parker in 1963.
Physical material
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 108mm Width: 75mm Depth: 1mm Weight: 1g
Inventory No
12966
Accession Number
1963-178

Description

Modern gelatine print photograph of A.C. Hyde Parker. Photograph is a self portrait of Hyde Parker, taken in 1958, at the age of 78. The sitter is wearing a suit and sat in a rocking chair in front of foliage.

Photograph has been developed from a gelatine glass negative (Inv. 12965), and forms part of Hyde Parker's experiments with developing dry plates.