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Subject Older People

1. 1784.a.20(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.20(8)
Title:
La lecture du journal. Photographer: Rousset, Ildefonse
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Genre scene of a family group, seated in front of the entrance to a barn, the elderly man on the right reading a newspaper.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1866
Extent:
1 item

2. 1787.d.7, 1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(11)
Title:
A Canton boatwoman and child. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Half-length porfile portrait of a Chinese woman, a baby carried across her back on a sling: 'The old woman in the photograph is the grandmother living with her son's family in the boat: she still works cheerfully at the oar to help the domestic earnin...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

3. 1787.d.7, 1(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(23)
Title:
Four heads [23-26], types of the labouring classes. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Half-length portrait of an elderly Chinese man, wearing spectacles and holding a fan.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

4. 1787.d.7, 1(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(24)
Title:
Four heads [23-26], types of the labouring classes. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Half-length left profile portrait of an elderly Chinese woman, posed to show her elaborate hairstyle.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

5. 10076.i.2, 1(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 1(9)
Title:
Youth and old age [Cyprus]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of two women, seated in front of a wall, the young woman with a basket in her lap.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

6. 10076.i.2, 1(18a)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 1(18a)
Title:
An aged Cyriote. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of an elderly woman, her arm around the shoulders of a young girl: 'Any attempt to photograph the fleeting expression of sentiment in the human face is almost certain to fail; nevertheless, a chance shot with the camera secured for us the accompa...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 70643 A(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70643 A(57)
Title:
[Portrait of the Coopers' doctor, Sukhumi, Georgia.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length portrait of an elderly, bearded man, inscribed in red on print: 'Sukhun 1896/1909. Our doctor.'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 70650 A(370)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70650 A(370)
Title:
W. J. C.'s grandmother. Photographer: Hatherill, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated carte-de-visite portrait of William John Cooper's grandmother.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

9. C.43.i.7(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.43.i.7(1)
Title:
Portrait of Sir John Herschel, Bart., Foreign Associate of the Institute of France. Photographer: Stewart, J.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Oval image mounted on titlepage; head-and-shoulders portrait of the astronomer and early photographic pioneer Sir John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871), 'taken on collodion with a double lens.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855
Extent:
1 item

10. C.43.i.7(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.43.i.7(11)
Title:
The Garden Chair. Photographer: White, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of an elderly lady seated in a bath chair in a cottage doorway, a young woman standing beside her. Technical note: 'By Henry White. Taken on collodion, September 11, 1854, about 1 p.m. in fine sunshine; exposure five seconds; developed with pyrogallic acid. ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
11 Sep 1854
Extent:
1 item