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Albumen print - Alexander Henderson, Magnesium-lit Experimental Portrait, Montreal, QC, 1864-1865 | McCord Museum
Alexander Henderson, portrait expérimental avec un éclairage au magnésium, Montréal, QC, 1864-1865
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Alexander Henderson, portrait expérimental avec un éclairage au magnésium, Montréal, QC, 1864-1865
You can freely copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes. Need more information about image licensing or a higher resolution image? Read our Photographic Services and Copyright page.

Albumen print

Alexander Henderson, Magnesium-lit Experimental Portrait, Montreal, QC, 1864-1865
Photographer (1826-1891)
SignatureImprinted on back in green ink, crowned belt crest and Notman Montreal
Date 1864-1865
Medium / Technique Silver salts
Albumen process
Dimensions8.5 x 5.6 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Object NumberN-0000.1956.7.1.2
DivisionPhotography - Notman Photographic Archives
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by Maclean’s magazine, the Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation and Empire-Universal Films Ltd.

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