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"I Pays!"
Oscar Gustave Rejlander (Swedish, 1813–1875)
Photogravure by: Photo-galvano-graphic Company (English)
Photogravure by: Photo-galvano-graphic Company (English)
about 1854–56
Medium/Technique
Photogravure
Dimensions
Platemark: 15.87 x 19.37 cm (6 1/4 x 7 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 19.1 x 23.0 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.)
Mount: 38.4 x 55.9 cm (15 1/8 x 22 in.)
Sheet: 19.1 x 23.0 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.)
Mount: 38.4 x 55.9 cm (15 1/8 x 22 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Charles W. Millard III
Accession Number1998.205
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
DescriptionPhotogravure by Photo-galvano-graphic Company, on cream chine-collé, mounted to medium-weight off-white wove paper, Sept. 1857.
InscriptionsInscribed below image in letterpress, in black ink, l.l.: Choice Proof.
Inscribed below image in letterpress, in black ink, ctr.: Published Sept. 1857, by the Photo-galvano-graphic Comp.y London.
Inscribed below image in letterpress, in black ink, l.r.: I Pays / Photo. O.G.Rejlander.
Inscribed below image in letterpress, in black ink, ctr.: Published Sept. 1857, by the Photo-galvano-graphic Comp.y London.
Inscribed below image in letterpress, in black ink, l.r.: I Pays / Photo. O.G.Rejlander.
ProvenanceChristie's, London; Cockhaise, Sussex, England; purchased September 1998.