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Raglan Castle, Porch
1856
Medium/Technique
Photogravure (Photogalvanograph)
Dimensions
Image: 18.4 x 22.8 cm (7 1/4 x 9 in.)
Platemark: 23.7 x 26.8 cm (9 5/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 38.5 x 54.3 cm (15 3/16 x 21 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 23.7 x 26.8 cm (9 5/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 38.5 x 54.3 cm (15 3/16 x 21 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Charles W. Millard III
Accession Number2019.303
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
DescriptionThe Patent Photo-Galvanographic Company was founded by Paul Pretsch in 1856. Photo-galvanography was a photomechanical halftone printing process which reproduced photos in printer's ink. Fenton was a business partner, and was photographer to the company.
Marks
Oval blindstamp, center bottom of sheet: "The Patent Photogalvanographic Company" surrounding "Holloway London" in center of oval
InscriptionsIn graphite, lower right corner of mount: "Mr. Pretsch".
Below image at left: "Choice Proof/ Photographic Art Treasures"
Below image, center: "London Publish[d] Decr 1856, by the London Photo-Galvanographic Comp[y]"
Below image, at right: "Raglan Castle - Porch/Roger Fenton, Phot[r]
Below image at left: "Choice Proof/ Photographic Art Treasures"
Below image, center: "London Publish[d] Decr 1856, by the London Photo-Galvanographic Comp[y]"
Below image, at right: "Raglan Castle - Porch/Roger Fenton, Phot[r]
ProvenanceBy 1970, Gérard Levy (dealer; b. 1934 - d. 2016), Paris; 1970, sold by Gérard Levy to Charles Warren Millard III (b. 1932 - d. 2017), Los Angeles, Washington, D. C., and Chapel Hill, NC; 2019, bequest of Charles Millard to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 24, 2019)