The Guardian Angel

Object Name
Category
Photographs
Date
1868
Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative
Credit Line
Malcolmson Collection. Gift of Harry and Ann Malcolmson in partnership with a private donor, 2014
Object Number
2014/510
Location
Not currently on display but Available for viewing on Wednesdays from 1-4:30 in the Prints and Drawings Study Centre

Dimensions

Sheet: 27.8 × 16.1 cm (10 15/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
Mat (gold mat): 44.5 × 31.7 cm (17 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.)
Mount: 47.6 × 33.7 cm (18 3/4 × 13 1/4 in.)

Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription
Hand written label in black ink on mount recto BLC: Mrs. Cameron Freshwater/ The Guardian Angel. 1868
verso, in graphite, tlc: A C Norman Esq/ The Rookery/ Bromley Common/ Kent; bottom center: Study - The Guardian Angel; br: E83 [circled], brc: 413
Markings
verso, stamp, top right with a "Cancelled" stamp over it: Royal Photographic/ Society/ Catalogue C.13/ Part Section No./1 2 2205; stamp, center right: The/ Royal Photographic/ Society/ Permanent Collection/ Name: Cameron, Mrs. Julia [written in]/ Title: The Guardian Angel [written in]/ [illegible] silver [written in]/ Date: about 1868/ Acquired:Lent by A C Norman/ c. 1929/ Ref No. A5 No. 123 [this stamp and written responses also has a "Cancelled" stamp over it, and is signed by Kenneth [Wan?]/ Secretary/ 17.5.78]

Subjects

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