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Photographs 1842-61

Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography

OSCAR GUSTAV REJLANDER (1813-75)

'Remarkable! Lost my pen and now my spectacles!'

1860

Salted paper print | 19.5 x 15.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2932757

Photograph of a man standing behind a desk, gazing down. The desk is piled with books and papers. The man appears to be searching for his spectacles through the papers and books on the table. The spectacles are on top of his head. The pen, which he also assumes lost, is in his mouth. In the background a woman observes from behind a curtain.
  • Creator(s)

    Oscar Gustav Rejlander (1813-75) (photographer)

  • 19.5 x 15.7 cm (image)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Philosophy & Psychology
      • Philosophy
        • Allegory
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Precision mechanisms & instruments
          • Spectacles
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs