Photo collage of six cartes-de-visite forming a six point star. Unknown about 1864 This page of carefully arranged photographs sits in an album that intermixes pages of unaltered cartes-de-visite with photocollages. Typically made by Victorian upper-class women, the photocollaged pages could include added elements as simple as a watercolor flourish in the middle of the page or a frame drawn around a mounted photograph. The photocollages however, could also be elaborate, full-paged compositions made with a variety of drawing materials and integrating photographs, found printed materials, and/or
Photo collage of six cartes-de-visite forming a six point star. Unknown about 1864 This page of carefully arranged photographs sits in an album that intermixes pages of unaltered cartes-de-visite with photocollages. Typically made by Victorian upper-class women, the photocollaged pages could include added elements as simple as a watercolor flourish in the middle of the page or a frame drawn around a mounted photograph. The photocollages however, could also be elaborate, full-paged compositions made with a variety of drawing materials and integrating photographs, found printed materials, and/or colored paper. _The Westmorland Album_ includes examples of all these options. Many of the cartes-de-visites were inserted in specially manufactured album pages that came with slots. Many of those pages have watercolored floral designs at the center. Another page shows a bird (obtained from a printed source) carrying a photograph in its beak. This page presents a montage of photographs of people who were part of the Countess of Yarborough’s (the album owner’s) social circle. Carolyn Peter, J. Paul Getty Museum, Department of Photographs, 2021 For more information about this album see the extended essay. (Recto, mount) upper center, black ink: "Sir. Robert Peel. Bt. "; center left, black ink: "Bernal Osborn-"; center right, black ink: "Lady Mary Capel."; lower left, black ink: "Mr. Cholmondeley."; lower center, black ink: "Lady Rendlesham."; lower right, black ink: "Mrs. E. Baring.";
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