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Her gaze is downward and an Oriental carpet is visible in the foreground.  The photograph is mounted onto a grey mount which has been inserted into a modern mount.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Roger Fenton","id":"A7250"},"association":{"text":"photographer","id":"x43821"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"salted paper print from wet collodion glass negative","categories":[{"text":"Photographs","id":"THES48910"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2018LE2101","2006AM2332"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLF","id":"THES49656"},"free":"","case":"X","shelf":"40","box":"B"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"photograph","id":"AAT46300"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"No","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"photographed","id":"x30151"},"note":"Roger Fenton's studio carpet is visible in the foreground.  See object PH.105-1984 for another example of Fenton's studio carpet."}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1850s","earliest":"1850-01-01","latest":"1859-12-31"},"association":{"text":"photographed","id":"x30151"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"PH.105-1984","id":"O1058761"},"association":"Group"}],"creditLine":"Purchased with the kind assistance of Paul F. Walter, New York, 1979","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Width","value":"471","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"mount","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"571","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"mount","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"This object was originally purchased at auction by Paul F. Walter, a private collector of photography from Christie's, London in around 1979.  It was part of an album of photographs which was sold off at Christie's, South Kensington over the period 1977-86.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Photograph by Roger Fenton, 'Partially Draped Nude', salted paper print from wet collodion glass negative, 1850s","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Taken from Photography Department index card catalogue"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"nudes","id":"AAT189568"},{"text":"Oriental rugs","id":"AAT185762"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Roger Fenton (1819–69)\r\nGallery 100, 2016-17:\r\nRoger Fenton\r\nSemi-Draped Nude\r\n1855–60\r\nPioneering British photographer Roger Fenton first experimented with the camera in 1851. His studio carpet is visible in the foreground of this photograph. The sitter was likely a professional artists’ model. The rich texture of the fabric draped over her body is enhanced by the matte qualities of the salted paper process, one of the earliest forms of photographic printing.\r\nSalted paper print\r\nPurchased with the assistance of Paul F. Walter\r\nMuseum no. Ph.486-1979","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}},{"text":"Unknown exhibition label. Probably pre-1995:\r\n\r\nThis portrait is attributed to Fenton because his studio carpet is visible in the foreground. It originated in an album of photographs by, attributed to and associated with Fenton which has been sold off at Christie's - South Kensington over the period 1977-86. Possibly Fenton chose to use the properties of matte, soft salted paper as a means of rendering the dress fabrics to their best advantage.","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}},{"text":"<b>Partially Draped Nude, 1850s</b>\r\n<b>Roger Fenton, British, 1819-69</b>\r\nSalter paper print from wet collodion glass negative\r\nPh 486-1979\r\nPurchased with the kind assistance of Paul F. Walter, New York\r\n\r\n\"The quality of early photographs, their tonal and textural range suggests that sensuality is one of the enduring qualities of photography.  Coupled with a graceful yet profoundly human subject, Fenton's groundbreaking use of photography lay not only in his impressive technical ability but his capacity to orchestrate a scene without overpowering the sense of the model.\"\r\n\r\nCharlotte Cotton, V&A, 2000","date":{"text":"2000","earliest":"2000-01-01","latest":"2000-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["PH.486-1979"],"accessionNumberNum":"486","accessionNumberPrefix":"PH","accessionYear":1979,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-12-15","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-30","availableToBook":false}}