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Oil-Colored Photographic Life-sized Portraits, (photograph)

Catalog Data

Artist:
Webster and Brother  Search this
Medium:
Oil/photograph, colored
Type:
Photographs
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Notes:
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. [not numbered]
"Colored Photographs, Mezzotypes, and Sphereotypes, by Webster & Bro. The mezzotypes, a strong rich picture with a dark back ground; and the sphereotypes, a delicate and pleasing picture upon a soft light back ground, are well executed. The colored photographs are about equal to former displays of the same artists." [P. 41.] "Webster & Bro., Mezzotypes and Sphereotypes, silver medal." [P. 42.]
Report of Exhibition Committee of Kentucky Mechanics' Institute. Louisville, K.H. 1857. Louisville, Ky: Published by Order of the Institute. Johnston & Bowen, Printers, 55, Third Street. 1857.
Artist address: Main St. between Fourth and Fifth Sts., Louisville, Kentucky.
Topic:
Portrait  Search this
Control number:
AECI 03770037
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_75785