Night in Town
Night in Town

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Night in Town,

1862

Oscar Gustave Rejlander, British, born Sweden, 1813–1875
x1986-13
Fascinated with the emotional and expressive capabilities of the human face and body, Rejlander was one of the first photographers to document the struggles of orphaned and homeless children in mid-nineteenth-century England. Despite their posed subjects, his photographs were intended to raise social awareness about the poverty that accompanied his sitters’ conditions. His work caught the attention of Charles
Darwin, who hired Rejlander to produce images for his 1872 book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals.

Information

Title
Night in Town
Dates

1862

Maker
Oscar Gustave Rejlander
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
20.3 x 15.4 cm. (8 x 6 1/16 in.) mount: 28.4 x 23.2 cm. (11 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.) mat: 50.8 x 40.7 cm. (20 x 16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of Mrs. Max Adler
Object Number
x1986-13
Place Made

Europe, England, Wolverhampton

Place Depicted

Europe, England, London

Inscription
Inscribed in graphite on mount, lower right: 1860 / O.G. Rejlander / of Wolverhampton
Culture
British
Type
photographs, albumen prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
mounting, albumen process
Subject
boys, archways, figures (representations), stairs

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