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Most of the photographs in it are printed on platinum paper, which was introduced in 1879. Such a photograph was expensive to produce and enjoyed for its delicate tonal gradations and matt surface.<br><br><b>Ownership & Use</b><br>This family photograph album contains single and group portraits and depictions of sports and pastimes that would have amused family, friends and visitors. It is a personal keepsake and document of a wealthy family of the 1890s. Many Victorian and Edwardian family photograph albums such as these were acquired by the V&A in the 1950s and 60s to show examples of the dress of that period.<br><br><b>Social Class</b><br>Throughout most of the 19th century women had few legal rights to  property, money, children, or even, after marriage, their own bodies. However, there were great changes in attitudes during the last decade of the century. The traditional role of women was questioned and some women openly defied convention. They educated themselves by reading widely and took up what were seen as 'un-ladylike' activities such as smoking and cycling. The free movement of the bicycle was seen as a symbol of equality and personal freedom.","physicalDescription":"Photograph","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[{"text":"photography","id":"AAT54225"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Platinum print","categories":[{"text":"Photographs","id":"THES48910"},{"text":"Feminism","id":"THES48955"},{"text":"British Galleries","id":"THES48985"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2006AM5247","2006AM5245","2006AM5244"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"122C","id":"THES49223"},"free":"","case":"CA2","shelf":"24","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"photograph","id":"AAT46300"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Great Britain","id":"x32019"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1898","earliest":"1898-01-01","latest":"1898-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"The Ashton Collection","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"27.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"album","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"80","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"album open","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 26/01/1999 by sf","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Taken in Britain by an unknown photographer","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Photograph in a family photograph album of girls on bikes","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nYou press the button, we do the rest' was the advertising slogan of the photographic firm Kodak. Small, light cameras and factory processing of negatives produced enthusiastic and inventive amateur photographers.This album celebrates such new, 'un-ladylike' pastimes as photography and cycling. The invention of the safety bicycle with air-filled tyres started a cycling craze in the 1890s.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["E.2283:191-1997"],"accessionNumberNum":"2283","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":1997,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-11-18","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}