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In 1867 he became a member of the (Royal) Photographic Society.\r\n\r\n<i>A Slow Market</i> was probably taken during the spring of 1868.  It is beautifully made and carefully seen: the tear in the tablecloth echoes the open mouth of the nearest salmon.  The photograph combines the popular genre motif of fisherfolk with a tradition of still life. It also shows the liking of the time for dressing up.  Beneath the shawls and skirts is Crawshay’s daughter, Rose Harriette. On 23 March 1868 she wrote in her diary:  ‘Papa came in with the ugliest, dirtiest, nastiest old straw bonnet that ever existed and a cap (thank goodness that was clean) for me to be photographed in as a fish woman which lasted till lunch time’.","physicalDescription":"A young woman dressed as a fish-wife sitting beside a table filled with salmon","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Crawshay, Robert","id":"A11733"},"association":{"text":"photographer","id":"AAT25687"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"albumen process","id":"AAT133274"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Albumen-silver print mounted on card","categories":[{"text":"Photographs","id":"THES48910"},{"text":"Shopping","id":"THES48895"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2013GB7065","2013GC2840","2006AN3820"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLF","id":"THES49656"},"free":"","case":"X","shelf":"39","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"photograph","id":"AAT46300"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Merthyr Tydfil (town)","id":"x37884"},"association":{"text":"photographed","id":"x30151"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1868","earliest":"1868-01-01","latest":"1868-12-31"},"association":{"text":"photographed","id":"x30151"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"24.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"29","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"image","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"19thC; Crawshay Robert, 'A slow market', c1860-5","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"Attribution note: No limit would have been set on the edition but it is likely to have been very small (less than six prints). Crawshay did exhibit and this may have been intended for the annual exhibition of the Photographic Society (later the Royal).\nReason For Production: Exhibition\nReason For Production: Exhibition","productionType":{"text":"Unlimited edition","id":"THES48868"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Crawshay, Rose Harriette","id":"N3660"}],"associatedPerson":[{"text":"Crawshay, Rose Harriette","id":"N3660"}],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"Costume","id":"AAT209261"},{"text":"scales (weighing devices)","id":"AAT196293"},{"text":"fish","id":"x30068"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Making It Up: Photographic Fictions (2018)\r\nMarta Weiss\r\n\r\nCrawshay was the owner of an ironworks and an amateur photographer. The sitter is not actually a fishwife, but his daughter, Rose Harriette, whom he photographed in various guises. She wrote in her diary: ‘Papa came in with the ugliest, dirtiest, nastiest old straw bonnet that ever existed and a cap (thank goodness that was clean) for me to be photographed in as a fish woman which lasted till lunch time.’","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}},{"text":"Label for 'Making It Up: Photographic Fictions' (3 May 2013 - 12 January 2014):\r\n\r\nRobert Thompson Crawshay (1817–79)\r\nA Slow Market\r\n1868\r\n\r\nCrawshay was the owner of an ironworks and an amateur photographer. The sitter is not actually a fishwife, but his daughter, Rose Harriette, whom he photographed in a various guises. She wrote in her diary, ‘Papa came in with the ugliest, dirtiest, nastiest old straw bonnet that ever existed and a cap (thank goodness that was clean) for me to be photographed in as a fish woman which lasted till lunch time’. \r\n\r\nAlbumen print\r\nMuseum no. Ph.9-1984\r\n","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}}],"partNumbers":["PH.9-1984"],"accessionNumberNum":"9","accessionNumberPrefix":"PH","accessionYear":1984,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-11-25","recordCreationDate":"2004-02-07","availableToBook":false}}