"Essay with a Revolving Camera", 1860s

Not on View

Medium

albumen print

Dimensions

image/

sheet: 15.5 × 27.2 cm (6 1/8 × 10 11/16 in.)
mount: 25.3 × 36.7 cm (9 15/16 × 14 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro Ph.D

Accession Number

2018.23.28

Artists / Makers

British 19th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Inscription

by artist, top right in graphite: 631 / [line] 19; across bottom: Essay with a revolving Camera: / It will be known that the same people [underlined] appear in three groups; on verso, by unknown hand, top right in graphite: "Essay with a revolving camera", / Amat. Photo. Ass'n of G.B. 1860's

Provenance

Harry Lunn, Paris; Augusta Edwards, London; (Ken Jacobson, New York or London); Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro Collection, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Isaacs, Charles, Mr.