- Title:
- Punch and Judy Show at Ilfracombe
- Object name(s):
- Photograph
- Brief description:
- Black and white photograph of people watching a Punch and Judy show on the beach.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Entertainment & Leisure
- Content - concept:
- holiday
- Content - concept:
- seaside
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2009BY6383/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- album closed
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 15
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- album closed
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 14
- Dimension:
- Depth
- Dimension measured part:
- album closed
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 3
- Object name:
- Photograph
- Object number:
- PH.1900-1980
- Object production date:
- ca. 1895
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1890-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1899-12-31
- Object production person:
- Paul Martin
- Person's association:
- photographer
- Object production place:
- England
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Black and white photograph of people watching a Punch and Judy show on the beach.
- Reproduction number:
- 2009BY6383
- Reproduction number:
- 2007BM8831
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Technique:
- platinotype
- Technique:
- Platinum print
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- In about 1890 it became possible to combine the gelatin dry-plate negative, which was fast and highly sensitive, with an inconspicuous device known as a 'detective' camera. This made possible a new type of candid snapshot. With his camera disguised as a leather box, Paul Martin--a wood engraver by training--made his photographs on London streets and while on holiday at the seaside. His negatives were the same size as this print and made on a platinum paper prized for its subtle tonal range. Martin's work demonstrates that by the end of the 19th century photography was no longer the preserve of aristocratic amateurs and professional studios. Anyone could now make snapshots of their life and surroundings. Martin was one of the last wood engravers and one of the first photojournalists.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Martin, Paul. Victorian Snapshots. London: Country Life Limited, 1939
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Val Williams and Susan Bright, How we are: photographing Britain, from the 1840s to the present London: Tate Publishing, 2007. ISBN: 9781854377142.
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7b123fd0-756b-3405-9b4f-c967f14ba59c
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7b123fd0-756b-3405-9b4f-c967f14ba59c, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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