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Oscar Gustave Rejlander (Stockholm, 19 October 1813 – Clapham, London, 18 January 1875) was a pioneering Victorian art photographer and an expert in photomontage. His collaboration with Charles Darwin on "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals" has assured him a position in the history of behavioural science and psychiatry.
Rejlander's work is held in the permanent collections of many institutions worldwide, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Harvard Art Museums, the Clark Art Institute, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Princeton University Art Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the National Media Museum, Bradford, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Poor Joe (alternative titles: Homeless and Night in Town) Source: the J. Paul Getty Museum (Open Content program).
Described on the museum's site as follows: "A mirrored reproduction of Rejlander's portrait of a young boy in rags. The boy is curled up on a set of steps, his head buried in his arms which are crossed over his knees. His trousers are tattered and his shirt is falling off his shoulder."
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Oscar Gustave Rejlander (Stockholm, 19 October 1813 – Clapham, London, 18 January 1875) was a pioneering Victorian art photographer and an expert in photomontage. His collaboration with Charles Darwin on "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals" has assured him a position in the history of behavioural science and psychiatry.
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Poor Joe (alternative titles: Homeless and Night in Town) Source: the J. Paul Getty Museum (Open Content program).
Described on the museum's site as follows: "A mirrored reproduction of Rejlander's portrait of a young boy in rags. The boy is curled up on a set of steps, his head buried in his arms which are crossed over his knees. His trousers are tattered and his shirt is falling off his shoulder."
More Info: en.m.wikipedia.org