The Lesson
Artist
William G. Campbell(British, active 1850s)British, active 1850s
CultureBritish
Titles
- The Lesson
- from The Photographic Album for the Year 1857, Being Contributions from the Members of The Photographic Club
DateMay 1856
MediumAlbumen silver print
DimensionsImage: 5 7/8 × 6 15/16 in. (15 × 17.7 cm)
Mount: 12 × 17 5/16 in. (30.5 × 43.9 cm)
Mount: 12 × 17 5/16 in. (30.5 × 43.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2023.168.6
Non exposé
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Published References Roger Taylor, "Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840-1860" (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Washington: National Gallery of Art ; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007), 83-95. Helmut Gernsheim, "Incunabula of British photographic literature: a bibliography of British photographic literature, 1839-75, and British books illustrated with original photographs" (London; Berkeley: Scolar Press in association with Derbyshire College of Higher Education, 1984), 72.
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