It's dark without but light Within
It's dark without but light Within

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It's dark without but light Within,

ca. 1865

Oscar Gustave Rejlander, British, born Sweden, 1813–1875
2002-221.51

Information

Title
It's dark without but light Within
Dates

ca. 1865

Maker
Oscar Gustave Rejlander
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
20.5 × 15.2 cm (8 1/16 × 6 in.) mount: 30.3 x 24.3 cm (11 15/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, anonymous gift
Object Number
2002-221.51
Place Made

Europe, England, London

Inscription
Inscribed in ink on mount, upper left corner: 51 Inscribed in graphite on mount above image, upper left corner: "It's dark without but light within" 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), violins, costume, women, blind (people)

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