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Artist unknown — The George Cowper Album

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The George Cowper Album

1849

Named for its original owner, this comprehensive album demonstrates the wet-collodion process's superior image quality and the Victorian passion for systematic documentation and collecting photographic images.

Medium
Victorian album of albumen silver prints from wet-collodion glass negatives in red leather cover with fleur de lys and embossed initials "G.C.". (122)

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Artist unknown, The George Cowper Album, 1849

Named for its original owner, this comprehensive album demonstrates the wet-collodion process's superior image quality and the Victorian passion for systematic documentation and collecting photographic images.

Medium
Victorian album of albumen silver prints from wet-collodion glass negatives in red leather cover with fleur de lys and embossed initials "G.C.". (122)
Year
1849
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Victorian, Photography, Albumen Print, Documentary, Historical, Album, Portrait, British, Sepia Tones, Figurative

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