Oscar Gustav Rejlander
(1813-1875), PhotographerSitter in 2 portraits
Artist associated with 98 portraits
Born in Sweden in 1813, Rejlander began his artistic career as a painter in Rome in the 1830s. Following his marriage to an Englishwoman, Rejlander moved to the West Midlands where he turned to photography in 1853. He collaborated with two of the best-known English photographers of his day, Lewis Carroll and Julia Margaret Cameron. He died in London in 1875. The National Portrait Gallery holds more than 10 of his photographs.
by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen print, circa 1862
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by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen print, circa 1862
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by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen print, 1862-1863
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by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen print, circa 1863-1866
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by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen print, 1863
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by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen print, 1863-1866
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by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen print, 1866
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'Youngest Constable a la great-grandmamma' (Miss Constable)
by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen print, 1866
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'Youngest Constable a la great-grandmamma' (Miss Constable)
by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen print, 1866
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by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen print, 1866
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Lady Antonia Lillian Adam (née Maude)
by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen print, circa 1866
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Portrait study for 'The Two Ways of Life'
by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
watercolour, crayon and chalk on photographic emulsion, 1856-1857
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Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
after Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen carte-de-visite, (1857 or 1861)
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Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
after Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen carte-de-visite, (1857 or 1861)
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Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen carte-de-visite, 1857 or 1861
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Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1861 (1857 or 1861)
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by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen print, circa 1857
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by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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