Oscar Gustav Rejlander

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79:1992:0033


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Rejlander, Oscar
English (b. Sweden, 1813-1875)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Study of a Head
ALBUM TITLE: "The Photographic Album for the Year 1857"

March 22, 1857
PUBLISHER: THe Photographic Exchange Club
salted paper print from collodion negative
17.1 x 14.5 cm.
Museum Collecion: ex-collection A.E. Marshall
GEH NEG: 31975
79:1992:0033

INSCRIPTION: (printed on adjoining page) "Study of a Head," "Photographed by O.G. Rejlander." "Taken on Collodion, March 22, 1857, late in the afternoon; weather overcast, a gleam of yellow sunshine in the last second; Exposure twelve seconds; developed with Pyrogallic Acid." "Portrait lens by Ross; focal length sixteen and three-quarters of an inch; diameter three and a quarter inches; diaphragm one and three- quarters of an inch." "Printed by the sun process by O.G. Rejlander."

NOTES: Catalogued 1/91, MMC.

SUBJECTS:
study, head
portrait, male

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