Caption

Effect of the retouching of the negation, Two portraits of an unknown young woman, one retouched, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Plate VI', maker: unknown, c. 1870 - in or before 1875, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 81 mm x width 139 mm, adolescent, young woman, maiden, anonymous historical person depicted, Two sepia-toned portrait photographs of the same young woman are shown side by side on aged paper, each framed by a thin dark border. The woman is seen from the chest up, facing slightly to her left in the left photo and more directly forward in the right photo, with similar calm facial expressions in both. She has neatly styled hair pulled back with soft waves and small curled sections near the temples. She wears a dark dress with decorative ruffled trim along the front and a light-colored collar with a round pendant at the throat suspended from a ribbon. The background behind her in both portraits is plain and evenly toned. The paper around the photos shows small age spots and faint discoloration.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B02_141

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34.7Mb (5.9Mb) / 14.7in x 9.2in / 4403 x 2756 (300dpi)

Keywords

Effect retouching negation Two portraits unknown young woman retouched page photomechanical print inscription Plate VI maker unknown c 1870 - 1875 paper collotype photoprint height 81 mm x width 139 mm adolescent young woman maiden anonymous historical person depicted Two sepia-toned portrait photographs shown side side aged paper framed thin dark border woman chest up facing slightly left left photo directly forward right photo calm facial expressions neatly styled hair pulled back soft waves small curled sections near temples wears dark dress decorative ruffled trim front light-colored collar round pendant throat suspended ribbon background portraits plain evenly toned photos small age spots faint discoloration