Portrait of three Women, c.1870, Tintype, 90 x 60 mm, Unknown Photographer, PhotoMuse Collection, 2018, Donation of Dr. Unni Krishnan Pulikkal, Source – Herbert Ascherman Collection.

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A tintype, also known as a melainotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer or enamel. There are two historic tintype processes: wet and dry. In the wet process, a collodion emulsion containing suspended silver halide crystals had to be formed…

Mini Spy Camera, 1950, PhotoMuse Collection, 2018, Gift of Dr. Unni Krishnan Pulikkal, Source – Herbert Ascherman Collection.

Collections, Historic Cameras

This Miniature Spy Camera was a unique import from Hong Kong during the 1950s and 1960s. It can “hide in the palm of the hand”; sometimes called a vest pocket camera. This particular model was made in Hong Kong. It has an actual glass lens, viewfinder, shutter, advance film wind-up knob, and comes with a small…

Киев (Kiev) 60 TTL, 1984-1999, SLR Camera, PhotoMuse Collection, 2015, Donation of Mr. Balan Madhavan.

Collections, Historic Cameras

Kiev 60 is a medium format SLR film system camera manufactured by Kiev, Ukraine, in the former USSR. It was produced between 1984-1999. Kiev, the English Romanization of Киев, is the capital of Ukraine. The cost of the Kiev 60 and its Pentacon Six lens compatibility make it a value-oriented camera for amateur photographers interested…

Ms. Annie Besant, c.1900, Albumen Print, 152×104 mm, Photographer- Bharahitishi Co., Muttra, U. P., PhotoMuse Collection, 2017, Gift of Dr. Unni Krishnan Pulikkal.

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Annie Besant (1847 –1933) was a British socialist, theosophist, women’s rights activist, writer, orator, educationist, and philanthropist. Regarded as a champion of human freedom, she was an ardent supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule. She was a prolific author with over three hundred books and pamphlets to her credit. As an educationist, her contributions included…

The former Royal Alfred Sailors’ Home, Bombay, 1890, Albumen Print, 140×210 mm, Unknown Photographer, PhotoMuse Collection, 2018, Gift of Dr. Unni Krishnan Pulikkal, Source – Herbert Ascherman Collection.

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The former Royal Alfred Sailors’ Home, Bombay, designed by Frederick William Stevens. This was enlarged in 1928 by the construction of the Council Hall behind it, and is often found as the Council Hall in earlier sources; it is now the State Police Headquarters for Maharashtra.

Portrait of Mr. Benedict, c.1870, Carte de visite, 105×65 mm, Photographer – Wiseman 9, Southampton, PhotoMuse Collection, 2018, Gift of Dr. Unni Krishnan Pulikkal, Source – Herbert Ascherman Collection.

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The carte de visite (visiting card), abbreviated CdV, was a type of small photograph which was patented in Paris by photographer André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri in 1854, although first used by Louis Dodero. Each photograph was the size of a visiting card, and such photograph cards were commonly traded among friends and visitors in the…

Portrait of an American, c.1870, Carte de visite, 100×64 mm, Photographer – Theo Farringtons, Iowa, PhotoMuse Collection, 2018, Gift of Dr. Unni Krishnan Pulikkal, Source – Herbert Ascherman Collection.

Antique Prints, Collections

The carte de visite (visiting card), abbreviated CdV, was a type of small photograph which was patented in Paris by photographer André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri in 1854, although first used by Louis Dodero. Each photograph was the size of a visiting card, and such photograph cards were commonly traded among friends and visitors in the…