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An album of 104 photographs of Francis and Emily Seymour 'Our First Photograph Album'; Album of the Seymour, Dalrymple and Spencer Family
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About this artwork
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artists:Unknown, Dr Ernst Becker (1826 - 1888) German, Colonel Maitland, Ronald Leslie Melville (1835 - 1906) Scottish, William Notman (1825 - 1891) Scottish, Miss GrantScottish, Franz Xavier Winterhalter
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title:An album of 104 photographs of Francis and Emily Seymour 'Our First Photograph Album'; Album of the Seymour, Dalrymple and Spencer Family
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date created:1859 - 1865
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possibly:Dr Ernst Becker (1826 - 1888) German
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materials:Albumen prints; salted paper prints; platinum/palladium print
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measurements:Album: 29.60 x 24.50 x 2.90 cm
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credit line:Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell, 1985
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accession number:PGP R 1029
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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...