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Photograph, by E. Flukes Photography, photographic, 1871

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Overview

Photograph is a 1871 photographic by E. Flukes Photography, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
E. Flukes Photography
When & what style?
1871 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This sepia photograph shows a three-year-old boy named James Pascoe. The shot is formal, like a family portrait from the 1870s. The dark chair and light collar frame him in the studio. It’s part of a bigger gift to the Victoria and Albert Museum. The museum keeps his school reports, photos, and paintings too. Flip through more from the same gift at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The story of this work

Overview

A sepia studio photograph from 1871 depicts James Pascoe at approximately three years of age, dressed in a dark garment with a white collar and seated on a dark chair. The image is part of the Pascoe collection, which includes photographs, albums, school materials, and paintings.

Read the full account in the museum source.

About the artist

Artist

E. Flukes Photography

E. Flukes Photography spent the 1870s haunting London’s foggy docks at dawn, waiting for the moment when a wharf worker’s lantern flare would catch the rope coils just right. They dragged a glass-plate camera across…

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