Virginia, Countess Somers [1827–1910]
Virginia, Countess Somers [1827–1910]

Currently not on view

Virginia, Countess Somers [1827–1910],

1861

Oscar Gustave Rejlander, British, born Sweden, 1813–1875
x1982-41

Information

Title
Virginia, Countess Somers [1827–1910]
Dates

1861

Maker
Oscar Gustave Rejlander
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
19 x 15.5 cm. (7 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.) mount: 36.2 x 25.1 cm. (14 1/4 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of Commodities Corporation, Exxon Corporation, E.R. Squibb and Sons, Total Enterprises
Object Number
x1982-41
Place Made

Europe, England, Wolverhampton

Inscription
Faintly inscribed in graphite on mount, below lower left of print: O. G. Rejlander, 1861
Culture
British
Type
photographs, albumen prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
mounting, albumen process
Subject
woman, countess, portraits, black

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