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Mayall, John E.
English (b. US, 1810-1901)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Dr. Livingstone
ALBUM TITLE: "The Photographic Album for the Year 1857"

April 15, 1857
PUBLISHER: Photographic Exchange Club
albumen print from collodion negative
14.6 x 10.6 cm.
Museum Purchase: ex-collection A.E. Marshall
GEH NEG: 31968
79:1992:0023

INSCRIPTION: (printed on adjoining page) "Dr. Livingstone" "Photographed by J.E. Mayall." "Taken on Collodion, April 15, 1857; weather, cloudy; Exposure eighteen seconds; developed with Pyrogallic Acid." "Lens by Voightlander; focal length twelve inches; diameter four inches; Diaphragm three inches." "Printed by the ordinary method by J.P. Mayall." [Quotes passage from Livingstone's --Discovery of Lake Ngami--]

NOTES: Catalogued 1/91, MMC. For full passage by Livingstone, refer to album.

SUBJECT: personage, explorer / Livingstone, David

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