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Title:
Memorial stone to the 'King of Newsam' in New Samfield
Object name(s):
photograph
Brief description:
An unmounted sepia toned photograph of a memorial stone lying on grass, inscribed with the text 'Here Licsy Body Henry Jarrat Who Departed This Life January the 14th 1721 Aged 94'.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
The Royal Photographic Society
Associated concept:
Photographs
Associated concept:
death
Content - concept:
graves
Content - concept:
commemoratives
Credit line:
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measured part:
paper
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
8.7
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measured part:
paper
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
11.3
Inscription content:
titled'
Inscription interpretation:
pencil, verso, paper
Material:
photographic paper
Object history note:
Acquired by the RPS in 1960.
Object name:
photograph
Object number:
RPS.2213-2024
Object production date:
ca. 1905 - 1910
Date - association:
photographed
Date - earliest / single:
1900-01-01
Date - latest:
1910-12-31
Object production person:
Grabham, Oxley
Person's association:
photographer
Other number:
6123
Other number type:
Royal Photographic Society number
Other number:
G1
Other number type:
RPS identifier - box number
Physical description:
An unmounted sepia toned photograph of a memorial stone lying on grass, inscribed with the text 'Here Licsy Body Henry Jarrat Who Departed This Life January the 14th 1721 Aged 94'.
Responsible department/section:
DOP
Technique:
photography
Technique:
aristotype
Technique:
aristotype print
Text reason:
Collections online record

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c63045bc-5cdd-386a-96ae-7516c8fc43da

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c63045bc-5cdd-386a-96ae-7516c8fc43da, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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