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PORTRAITS RELATED TO VARIOUS PEOPLE

Catalogue reference: 1969

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This record is about the PORTRAITS RELATED TO VARIOUS PEOPLE dating from 1862-1890.

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Reference
1969
Title
PORTRAITS RELATED TO VARIOUS PEOPLE
Date
1862-1890
Held by
Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives)
Language
English
Creator(s)
<persname>Hooper, David, fl 1983-1994, collector of cartes de visite, of Chester</persname>
Physical description
35 PHOTOGRAPHS
Administrative / biographical background

Items from David Hooper's carte de visite collection, showing studio portraits. Many show the feet of stands used to hold clamps to keep the subject still during the rather long exposures. Provenance unknown. All standard size mounts (10.5cm x 6.35cm approx)

Provisional dating is that of the mount and not of the costume. No attempt has been made to record the style of printing : lower case below may represent capital letters.

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PORTRAITS RELATED TO VARIOUS PEOPLE