Victorian Photocollage

Untitled page from the Cator Album, late 1860s/70s
Collage of watercolor and albumen silver prints
Hans P. Kraus, Jr., New York

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled loose page from the Filmer Album, mid-1860s
Collage of watercolor and albumen silver prints
Paul F. Walter

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled page from the Madame B Album, 1870s
Collage of watercolor, ink, and albumen silver prints
The Art Institute of Chicago, Mary and Leigh Block Endowment, 2005.297

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled page from the Gough Album, late 1870s
Collage of watercolor and albumen silver prints
V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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“Diamond Shape with Nine Studio Portraits of the Palmerston Family and a Painted Cherry Blossom Surround,” from the Jocelyn Album, 1860s
Collage of watercolor and albumen silver prints
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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“Mixed Pickles” (detail), from the Westmorland Album, 1864/70
Collage of watercolor and albumen silver prints
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled page from the Berkeley Album, 1867/71
Collage of watercolor and albumen silver prints Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Photo credit: Réunion des Musées Nationaux / Art Resource, NY

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled page from the Berkeley Album, 1867/71
Collage of watercolor and albumen silver prints Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Photo credit: Réunion des Musées Nationaux / Art Resource, NY

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled page from the Bouverie Album, 1872/77
Collage of watercolor and albumen silver prints
Courtesy of George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled page from the Sackville-West Album, 1867/73
Collage of watercolor and albumen silver prints
Courtesy of George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Victorian Photocollage

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