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Campbell, W.G.
English (active 1850's)

TITLE ON OBJECT: The Lesson
ALBUM TITLE: "The Photographic Album for the Year 1857"

May, 1856
PUBLISHER: The Photographic Exchange Club
toned albumen print from collodion negative
30.3 x 17.8 cm.
Museum Purchase: ex-collection A.E. Marshall
GEH NEG: 31955
79:1992:0006

INSCRIPTION: (printed on adjoining page) "The Lesson" "Photographed by W.G. Campbell" "Taken on Collodion, May, 1856, 11 A.M.; weather cloudy; Exposure seven seconds; developed with Pyrogallic Acid. Lens by Ross; focal length thirteen iches; diameter three and a quarter inches; Diaphragm two and a half inches." "Printed on Marion's paper, sensitized with a sixty grain solution of Nitrate of Silver, and toned with Chloride of Gold, by W.G. Campbell." (Passage) "With longing eye, half turn'd aside, And wistful mien, the pupil stands, Erect and"...

NOTES: Catalogued 1/91, MMC. For complete passage refer to album.

SUBJECTS:
portrait, girl
animal, dog

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