Study for a Picture
Artist
Thomas G. Mackinlay(British, 1809–1865)British, 1809–1865
CultureBritish
Titles
- Study for a Picture
- from The Photographic Album for the Year 1857, Being Contributions from the Members of The Photographic Club
DateJune 1856
MediumAlbumen silver print
DimensionsImage: 2 3/8 × 7 5/8 in. (6 × 19.4 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 number2023.168.25
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
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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