Character study
Character study

Currently not on view

Character study,

ca. 1855

Oscar Gustave Rejlander, British, born Sweden, 1813–1875
x1991-207

Information

Title
Character study
Dates

ca. 1855

Maker
Oscar Gustave Rejlander
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
image: 8.8 x 5.9 cm (3 7/16 x 2 5/16 in.) card: 10.1 × 6.3 cm (4 × 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of William J. Salman, Class of 1955
Object Number
x1991-207
Place Made

Europe, England, London, 7 St. George's Terrace, Malden Road, Haverstock, Camden

Inscription
Inscribed in graphite in unknown hand, verso upper right comer: K. Printed on mount, bottom left corner: O. G. REJLANDER, PHOTO. Printed on mount, verso: PHOTOGRAPHIC ART STUDIES / AND PORTRAITS / BY O.G. REJLANDER / 7, ST. GEORGES TERRACE / MALDEN ROAD / HAVERSTOCK HILL [surrounding a painter's palette and sunflower]
Culture
British
Type
photographs, cartes-de-visite, albumen prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
mounting, albumen process
Subject
studies (visual works), figures (representations), portraits, men

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