Shall I cut for you dear?
Shall I cut for you dear?

Currently not on view

Shall I cut for you dear?,

ca. 1865

Oscar Gustave Rejlander, British, born Sweden, 1813–1875
2002-221.31

Information

Title
Shall I cut for you dear?
Dates

ca. 1865

Maker
Oscar Gustave Rejlander
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
20.5 × 15 cm (8 1/16 × 5 7/8 in.) mount: 30.3 x 24.4 cm (11 15/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, anonymous gift
Object Number
2002-221.31
Place Made

Europe, England, London

Inscription
Inscribed in ink on mount, upper left corner: 31 Inscribed in graphite on mount above image, upper left corner: Shall I cut for you Dear? Inscribed in graphite on mount above image, upper right corner: A [copied from original print] Signed in ink on mount below image, lower right corner: O G Rejlander
Culture
British
Type
photographs, albumen prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
mounting, albumen process
Subject
figures (representations), card games, costume, women, elderly, tables (support furniture)

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