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Glass plate negatives

Albert and Victoria’s collection of glass plate negatives show photographers’ working methods

THOMAS PEARCE (ACTIVE C. 1850S)

Jane Baroness Churchill (1826-1900), Balmoral

Oct 1857

Wet Collodion negative | RCIN 2082953

Glass plate  negative of a three-quarter length portrait of Lady Jane Churchill (1826-1900), standing, facing halfway to the left. She holds a hat in front of her body. She poses in front of a stone wall. Photograph taken at Balmoral.

The glass plate negative has been photographed showing the coated side and therefore the image appears laterally reversed. A print from this negative exists in the Collection, RCIN 2906669.

  • Creator(s)

    Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Lady Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill (1826-1900)
  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • negatives
            • glass plate negatives
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