The Honorable Frank Charteris', 1867
Photograph entitled 'The Honorable Frank Charteris' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1867. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic portrait of Frank Charteris (1844-1870), Lord Elcho's eldest son, forms part of the Herschel Album created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). Charteris was killed in a shooting accident in 1870, aged just twenty-six.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 1984-5017/85
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
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overall: 327 mm x 265 mm
- type:
- photograph and albumen print
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- Sotheby's
