Ronald Leslie Melville
Album of photographs, principally portrait and genre
About this artwork
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title:Album of photographs, principally portrait and genre
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accession number:PGP 234
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materials:Dark green leather-bound, gold-tooled, 122 albumen prints mounted on leaves
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date created:1860 - 1870
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credit line:Purchased 1980
Ronald Leslie Melville
Ronald Leslie Melville
Ronald Leslie Melville took pictures mainly in the 1860s for his private pleasure. He was one of the many wealthy amateurs who were attracted to photography after Frederick Scott Archer invented the collodion process in 1851. It was an expensive and time-consuming hobby which he pursued enthusiastically but only for…
