untitled, Francis Frith and Company

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Francis Frith and Company, untitled
Francis Frith and Company, untitled
Francis Frith and Company
untitled
1880s
untitled, 1880s
Where object was made: Reigate, England, United Kingdom
Material/technique: albumen print
Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 24.9 x 18.8 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 9 13/16 x 7 3/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: Museum purchase
Accession number: 1972.0244
Not on display
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Archive Label: An unknown photographer has portrayed these men with scientific detachment, as specimens, as “the other” to the European viewer. The careful arrangement of the men seems at first to be ordered merely aesthetically, conforming to contemporary pictorial conventions. But posing the heads in three-quarter profile also conformed to current conventions of ethnographic photography, which had the goal of recording specific physiognomic details.