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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: YOUNG BOY, FEBRUARY 1876

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Alfred Chopin

1876

Overview

Photographs of a six year old boy leaning against a sofa, and carrying a whip in his right hand. He is wearing a long sleeved shirt, a bowtie, three quarter length trousers, boots and white socks. On the back the words: By appointment to His Excellency, above an Australian coat of arms. A crest follows saying 'Alfred Chopin Artist Photographer - Perth and Fremantle West Australia'. In black ink there are the hand-written words 'February 1876 - 6 six years old'

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-2006.267

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Width

63 mm

Height or length

103 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Alfred Chopin

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Statement of significance

Very early photograph dated 1876

Subiaco Museum

Subiaco Museum

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