Convamore. Unknown, photographer August 1866 This page 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 o
Convamore. Unknown, photographer August 1866 This page 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. On this page, the photocollagist has drawn a frame around the mounted photograph. The frame includes croquet mallets and wickets which fit the subject of the photograph—a group playing croquet—perfectly. Carolyn Peter, J. Paul Getty Museum, Department of Photographs, 2021 (Recto, album page) lower center, red and black ink: "AUGUST/CONVAMORE/1866";
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