Painted photography backdrops
From roughly 1860 to 1920[1][2] painted photography backdrops were a standard feature of early photography studios. Generally of rustic or quasi-classical design, but sometimes presenting a bourgeoisie trompe-l'œil,[3] they eventually fell out of fashion with the advent of the Brownie and Kodak cameras which brought photography to the masses with concurrent changes to public sensibility. Inasmuch as they were produced for six decades by local artisans, they can provide important clues to the provenance of old family photographs for genealogical research,[4][5][6] and their staged influence lives on in "old-timey" photography sets.[7][8] Furthermore, they are of some interest to specialized collectors of the history of photography.[9]
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Sara Forbes Bonetta photographed by Camille Silvy, Great Britain, 1862
Japanese men in 1870 with Irezumi
Frederick Douglass with his second wife Helen Pitts Douglass and her sister (standing), c. 1884
Leon Trotsky, 1888, Russia
One of the Barrison sisters, Berlin, 1903
Mignon Nevada as Ophelia in Ambroise Thomas's opera, Hamlet, c. 1910
Johannes Holzmann, 1914, Europe
Guide Alice, Victoria, Australia, c. 1900-30
References[edit]
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- ^ "old time religion by Jim Linderman: Art Tintype Book The Painted Backdrop by Jim Linderman". 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Antique Photography & Photo Collecting - Timebinder". timebinder.net.
- ^ "Backgrounds in Old Photos - Family Tree". 22 January 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- ^ "RootsWeb.com Home Page". freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-30. Retrieved 2010-06-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Ashley Nostalgia". Ashley Nostalgia.
- ^ "Ol' Time Studio Backdrops - RetouchPRO". www.retouchpro.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
- ^ "From Ambrotypes to Stereoviews, 150 Years of Photographs".
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