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Composite photograph
Skating Carnival, Victoria Rink, Montreal, Quebec, 1870
Painter
Henry Sandham
(1842-1910)
Painter
Edward Sharpe
(1850-1871)
Photography studio
William Notman Studio
(1863-1877)
SignatureOn image, handwritten in red paint, l.r. : Hy Sandham / Edward Sharpe / Fecit. / 1870; l.l. : Notman Photo
Date
1870
Medium / Technique
Silver salts and oil paint on canvas mounted in frame
Albumen process
Albumen process
Dimensions137 × 176 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Arts - Visual Arts
Origin
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, North America
Object NumberN-0000.116.21.1
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of Charles Frederick Notman
NotesExhibition Costume Balls - Dressing Up History, 1870-1927
“The effect of the brilliant colours and the light is magical”
Notman’s ultimate result was this painted photograph, which was displayed at his studio for 65 years. To create the large format, a negative of the original paste-up was projected through a solar enlarger onto an emulsified canvas. Two leading members of the studio’s art department then hand coloured the surface in oil. Inglis announced that he also had a colourized version of his composite on display at his studio, but its whereabouts remain unknown.
“The effect of the brilliant colours and the light is magical”
Notman’s ultimate result was this painted photograph, which was displayed at his studio for 65 years. To create the large format, a negative of the original paste-up was projected through a solar enlarger onto an emulsified canvas. Two leading members of the studio’s art department then hand coloured the surface in oil. Inglis announced that he also had a colourized version of his composite on display at his studio, but its whereabouts remain unknown.
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