Please Give Us A Copper
Please Give Us A Copper

Currently not on view

Please Give Us A Copper,

ca. 1866–68

Oscar Gustave Rejlander, British, born Sweden, 1813–1875
x1987-16

Information

Title
Please Give Us A Copper
Dates

ca. 1866–68

Maker
Oscar Gustave Rejlander
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
17.9 × 12.6 cm (7 1/16 × 4 15/16 in.) mount: 46 x 32.7 cm. (18 1/8 x 12 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
x1987-16
Place Made

Europe, England, Wolverhampton

Inscription
Initialed in graphite, left: OGR Titled in another hand, below image right: Please give us a Copper!
Culture
British
Type
photographs, albumen prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
mounting, albumen process
Subject
boys, brooms, portraits, poverty

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