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Portrait of Lewis Carroll [photograph].

BIB_ID
412984
Accession number
MA 6396.8
Creator
Rejlander, O. G. (Oscar Gustav), 1813-1875.
Display Date
place not identified, 1863.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Description
1 photographic print ; 90 x 58 mm
Notes
Glossy print.
Morton N. Cohen suggests this photograph was taken on 28 March 1863.
Bound in album of letters, drawings and photographs belonging to E.G. Thomson and originally accessioned as AAH 218. The album was formerly accessioned as AAH 530.
This item is part of the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. Lewis Carroll collection. The large collection includes printed books, letters, manuscripts, puzzles and games, personal effects and ephemera, which have been cataloged separately.
Provenance
From the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection; gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Summary
Being a portrait of Lewis Carroll, seated, facing slightly to the side and holding a large camera lens in one hand and a cloth resting on the top of the lens in the other hand.
Classification