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Call Number:

PH-02752

Collection Name:

William Telfer Photography Collection

Creator:

Telfer, William, active circa 1849

No. of Items:

2 photographs

Span Dates:

circa 1848-1849

Description:

The collection consists of two photographs by William Telfer (British, active circa 1849). Item-level information follows.

964:0020:0032 -- [Portrait of a young lady], circa 1849. Daguerreotype, 5.3 x 4 cm (ninth plate) (visible image); 8 x 6.7 cm (case);
964:0020:0033 -- [Portrait of an elderly lady], circa 1848. Daguerreotype, 5.2 x 4 cm (ninth plate) (visible image); 7.3 x 6.1 cm (case).

Accession No(s):

964:0020:0032-0033; Purchase, 1963

Location(s):

Curatorial permission required 1 osb, Gernsheim Daguerreotype Box 1 (964:0020:0032-0033)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Telfer, William, active circa 1849
Title	[Portrait of British gentlewoman]
Date	[ca. 1849]
Medium	Daguerreotype with applied color
Dimensions	case: 8 x 6.7 cm; 3 1/10 x 2 3/5 in (ninth plate); visible image: 5.3 x 4 cm; 2 1/10 x 1 3/5 in (ninth plate)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0032

Artist/Maker	Telfer, William, active circa 1849
Title	[Portrait of an elderly lady]
Date	[ca. 1848]
Medium	Daguerreotype with applied color
Dimensions	case: 7.3 x 6.1 cm; 2 9/10 x 2 2/5 in (ninth plate); visible image: 5.2 x 4 cm; 2 x 1 3/5 in (ninth plate)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0033

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