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Major, J.R., Rev.
British (b. England, 1821-1871)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Newark Abbey, near Chertsey
ALBUM TITLE: "The Photographic Album for the Year 1857"

July 17, 1856
PUBLISHER: Photographic Exchange Club
toned albumen print from paper negative
16.5 x 21.7 cm. , (top corners rounded)
Museum Purchase
GEH NEG: 31888
79:1992:0022

INSCRIPTION: (printed on adjoining page) "Newark Abbey, near Chertsey." "Photographed by the Rev. J.R. Major." "Taken by the collodion process, July 17, 1856, in sunshine; Exposure four and a half minutes; developed with Nitrate Silver and Gallic Acid." "Lens by Gaudin, Paris; focal length sixteen and a half inches; diameter three inches; Diaphragm half an inch." "Printed by the ordinary method, toned with gold, by Mr. Hardwich, Kings College." (Passage from Chertsey and)...

NOTES: Catalogued 1/91, MMC. Inscription, cont.: "and its neighbourhood-- by Mrs. S.C. Hall"

SUBJECT: architecture, ruins / Newark Abbey

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