[Ornithologist Ludwig Kumlien]

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1 photograph on cabinet card mount : collodion printing-out paper print ; mount 17 x 11 cm.

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This 1894 cabinet card portrait shows ornithologist Ludwig Kumlien. The photograph was made by George William Wise using collodion printing-out paper, a process common in studio portraiture of the period.

The archive record provides no information about Kumlien's life, work, or the circumstances of this sitting. The cataloguing date of January 1, 1894 may indicate the year rather than a specific date. Nothing further is documented about why this portrait was commissioned or what relationship existed between the sitter and photographer.

Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.

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