[Four cadets in front of tent]
Photograph
William Willis Jr.
English, 1840/1–1923
[Four cadets in front of tent]
ca. 1865
Platinum print, printed in 1877 by William Willis, Jr.
Image: 7 1/8 × 9 5/16 in. (18.1 × 23.7 cm)
Mount: 8 1/16 × 10 1/16 in. (20.4 × 25.5 cm)
Purchase
1972.0199.0001
Inscriptions (mount recto, ink): First Platinotype print made in America by William Willis Jr., inventor, in 1877. The laboratory in which he worked was at 39-41 Park Place, New York,
(mount verso, printed): Stephen Henry Horgan RPS / 7 Spencer Hill / Wimbleton London / S.W. 19 / Associate Editor / The Inland Printer / Chicago IL, USA
(mount verso, printed): Stephen Henry Horgan RPS / 7 Spencer Hill / Wimbleton London / S.W. 19 / Associate Editor / The Inland Printer / Chicago IL, USA