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Description: | A photographic portrait of Mrs Juliana Horatia Ewing, taken by Frederick Hollyer (1837-1933) in about 1890.
Frederick Hollyer ran a successful business photographing works of art - both historical and contemporary. He set aside one a day a week for portraiture at his studio in Pembroke Square, Kensington, London. Over a period of thirty years, he photographed friends and acquaintances from artistic and literary circles Collectively, his work forms an astonishing profile of late-nineteenth century British cultural life. This photograph is a platinum print. The platinotype or platinum process was invented by William Willis (1841-1923) in 1873. Paper was coated with platinum and iron salts, contact printed with a negative and then developed using a solution which dissolved the iron, leaving an image in pure platinum. Platinum prints were admired for their tonal range and permanence. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | photograph platinum print | Temporal: | c. 1880 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Hollyer, Frederick (1838-1933) | Identifier: | 2003-5001/2/20238 | Go to resource |
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