item details
NameTownship of Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand. From the album: New Zealand scenery: Wellington to the Wairarapa
ProductionJames Bragge; photography studio; mid 1870s; Wellington
Classificationblack-and-white prints, albumen prints, vintage prints
Materialssilver, albumen, printing-out paper
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, albumen silver print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
DimensionsImage: 292mm (width), 214mm (height)
Registration NumberO.032445
Overview
In the 1870s, James Bragge took a series of photographs, ‘Wellington to the Wairarapa’. At the time, landscape photography was a cumbersome business, and the series probably took several trips to complete.
Working from his horse-drawn darkroom, Bragge used the standard wet-plate process – first coating a sheet of glass with chemicals, then quickly exposing it. Each negative had to be prepared and developed on the spot.
Read a biography of James Bragge in Collections Online
See the ‘Wellington to the Wairarapa’ album in Collections Online