Artwork
Photograph
Photograph is a photographic photography by the Impressionist artist E. Flukes Photography. It dates from 1871 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
This sepia photograph depicts a young boy, James Pascoe, seated in a studio setting.
Subject & Meaning
The image shows James Pascoe, aged around three, dressed in a black outfit with a white collar, posed on a dark chair, suggesting a formal family portrait from the late 19th century.
History & Provenance
The photograph was donated to the museum as part of the Pascoe collection, which includes various personal items such as photography albums, school reports, exercise books, and paintings.
Artist & collection
Artist
E. Flukes Photography spent the 1870s haunting London’s foggy docks at dawn, waiting for the moment when a wharf worker’s lantern flare would catch the rope coils just right. They dragged a glass-plate camera across…
