G J (sic) Children Esq

Calotype salt print portrait entield 'G J (sic) Children Esq', photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. Initialed 'C'. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'. Subject is John George Children (1777-1852), chemist and mineralogist and father of photographic pioneer Anna Atkins.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1937-367/9
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
image: 90 mm x 71 mm
overall (page): 155 mm x 117 mm
type:
calotype process
credit:
Matilda Talbot