1 volume (147 photographs in 49 photocollages) : albumen prints, ink drawings ; volume 31 x 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Photographs
Notes:
The art of photocollage, with compositions assembled from photographs, drawings, and watercolors, grew in prevalence in the 1860s and 1870s. In Britain, the works -- at turns comic, whimsical, or witty -- were usually compiled by women of Victorian high society. The art form is described in: Siegel, Elizabeth. Playing with pictures: the art of Victorian photocollage (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, in association with Yale University Press, 2009).
Contents:
[1] A woman seated at a desk, with portrait of herself -- [2] Portrait of a young girl -- [3] Nine portraits presented as miniatures within a larger frame -- [4] Three portraits above a drawing of a girl and boy in a boat, among reeds and swans -- [5] Street organist -- [6] Playing cards, dice, and chips, with advertisement for De La Rue & Co. (the latter bearing a portrait of a woman) -- [7] Scene on the front steps of a domestic dwelling, with four figures and a dog -- [8] Portrait of a young man, with drawings of butterflies -- [9] Three portraits of women, with drawing of swallows diving to catch bugs on the surface of a pond or stream -- [10] A huntsman stalking deer in an alpine scene -- [11] Portrait of a young woman, with drawing of lilly-of-the-valley -- [12] Hansom cab with three heads: a driver, a young girl (passenger), and a young boy (on the pavement) -- [13] Staves of notated music, with six small portraits in the place of notes -- [14] Portrait of a young man, surrounded by scenes of nature and travel -- [15] Portrait of a bearded man, with leafy border -- [16] Full-length studio portrait of a man, within a drawing of lavish domestic interior -- [17] Ice-skating, with photographs for eight of the figures depicted -- [18] Five independent portraits of children and adults, with leafy border to portrait at center -- [19] Portrait of a bearded man, encircled by seven drawings of horses and one kitten -- [20] Drawing of a man with knife, fighting a bear (without photograph) -- [21] Portrait of a young girl, within a frame of timbers (?) -- [22] Breakfast table scene (with three figures), with drawing to complete the domestic interior -- [23] An artist's studio, with ten portrait photographs as busts or sculptures (one of disembodied hands), with (at bottom) two dogs and man on horseback -- [24] Portrait of a bearded man in a fez, with drawing of algae -- [25] Portrait of an Englishman (?) with sword and a North African (?) man, before a drawn scene of Roman (?) ruins, and a camel.
Subject Terms:
Farquhar family. | Farquhar, Gilbert Edward, 1850-1920. | Farquhar, Ernest. | Cecil, Arthur, 1843-1896. | Theater -- England -- London | Clothing and dress -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Domestic space -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Cabinet photographs. | Dogs. | Cats.