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"I Pays!"
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"I Pays!"

Oscar Gustave Rejlander (Swedish, 1813–1875)
Photo-galvano-graphic Company (English)
about 1854–56
Medium/TechniquePhotogravure
DimensionsPlatemark: 15.87 x 19.37 cm (6 1/4 x 7 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 19.1 x 23.0 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.)
Mount: 38.4 x 55.9 cm (15 1/8 x 22 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Charles W. Millard III
Accession number1998.205
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ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsInscribed below image in letterpress, in black ink, l.l.: Choice Proof. Inscribed below image in letterpress, in black ink, ctr.: Published Sept. 1857, by the Photo-galvano-graphic Comp.y London. Inscribed below image in letterpress, in black ink, l.r.: I Pays / Photo. O.G.Rejlander.ProvenanceChristie's, London; Cockhaise, Sussex, England; purchased September 1998.