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Talbot Photo 1(340)
- Record Id:
- 041-003303750
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-003303410
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035610252.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100133174193.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Talbot Photo 1(340)
- Title:
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[Two Naval Officers posed on a Terrace.] Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Inscribed along top of negative: 'Pray let 6 copies of this be sent to me - one to Mrs Wilkinson 24 Russell Street, Southsea, Hants one to Commander Sparks, R N 3 Dorset Place, Radipole Weymouth', inscribed on verso: '479'.
Genre: Portrait Photography
Portrait photograph of two naval officers; one leans on the balustrade, he wears a cap and has a rifle by his side. The second person is seated in an upright chair and wears shoulder boards and holds his cap on one knee. The balustrade is topped by two busts; the furthest depicts a woman whilst the one in the foreground is of a classical bearded figure. Image size 160 x 211 mm.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Talbot Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003303408
040-003303410
041-003303750 - Is part of:
- Talbot Photo : Talbot Collection
Talbot Photo 1 : Talbot Collection: Negatives. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot, Nicolaas Henneman, Calvert Richard Jones, George Wilson…
Talbot Photo 1(340) : [Two Naval Officers posed on a Terrace.] Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson - Hierarchy:
- 032-003303408[0002]/040-003303410[0340]/041-003303750
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Talbot Photo
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100133174193.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Calotype Negative
Negative
Paper Negative
Photograph
Waxed Calotype Negative - Start Date:
- 1844
- End Date:
- 1848
- Date Range:
- Mid 1840s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 174 mm x 211 mm
Format: Bound in Volume
- Former External References:
- NT00267; Schaaf No.3257
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Bridges, George Wilson, clergyman, photographer and traveller, 1788-1863
- Subjects:
- Architectural Elements
Architectural Sculpture
Architecture
Clothing and Dress
Military personnel
Military uniforms
Named Collections
Naval Officers
Naval Uniforms
Occupations
Talbot Collection
Uniforms - Places:
- Western Europe, Europe