On view
Photography
Figures in a Great Hall,
ca. 1860
Photographer unidentified
x1981-41
Crafting photocollages was a common leisure activity in nineteenth-century Victorian homes. Aristocratic women—and occasionally men—created fun and whimsical pastiches of imaginary parties or social engagements. They often cut likenesses from cartes de visite, small portrait photograph cards traded among friends and family members, to make photocollages that were arranged in albums to demonstrate the maker’s wit and creativity as well as their social connections.
Information
Title
Figures in a Great Hall
Dates
ca. 1860
Medium
Albumen prints with applied color
Dimensions
43 × 29.5 cm (16 15/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
mat: 61 × 50.8 cm (24 × 20 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Max Adler
Object Number
x1981-41
Place Made
Europe, England
Culture
Type
Subject
The artist. [Ken and Jenny Jacobson Victorian Photography, Essex, England, after 1969]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 1981.
