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Albumen print
Dr. Gilbert Prout Girdwood by ‟Candlelight,” Magnesium-lit Experimental Portrait, Montreal, QC, 1864-1865
Photographer
William Notman
(1826-1891)
SignatureImprinted on back in green ink, crowned belt crest and Notman Montreal
Date
1864-1865
Medium / Technique
Silver salts
Albumen process
Albumen process
Dimensions8.5 x 5.6 cm
Origin
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Object NumberN-0000.1956.7.1.3
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by Maclean’s magazine, the Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation and Empire-Universal Films Ltd.
Status
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William Notman by ‟Candlelight,” Magnesium-lit Experimental Portrait, Montreal, QC, 1864-1865
William Notman
1864-1865
N-0000.1956.7.1.1
Alexander Henderson, Magnesium-lit Experimental Portrait, Montreal, QC, 1864-1865
William Notman
1864-1865
N-0000.1956.7.1.2
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