Art Studies
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Bound volume
Art Studies
1877
Bound volume with albumen silver prints
Overall (closed): 6 3/4 × 5 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (17.2 × 13.3 × 3.5 cm)
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DescriptionAlbum containing 39 small photographs mounted one per page, covered with a small sheet of opaque paper. Titles are handwritten on this paper and also printed through from the negative onto the photograph. All of the images are visual puns, and the humor is supported by the name of the "maker," e.g. and image of broken dishes by "Miss Happe" is anticipated with the handwritten title "Ruins in China," and image of discarded liquor bottles is preceded by the title "Departed Spirits." Last 3 images in the album appear to be unfixed albumen prints.
Inscriptions Debossed in gold on front cover, TC: ART STUDIES \ 1877
Inscribed in black ink on title page, C: ART STUDIES. \ After various Masters \ Collected and arranged by \ W.H. Kirby \ Christmas. 1877.
Inscribed in black ink on title page, C: ART STUDIES. \ After various Masters \ Collected and arranged by \ W.H. Kirby \ Christmas. 1877.
