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Thursday, 12 May 2016 11:24

The National Portrait Gallery Acquires Works by Victorian Photographer Oscar Gustave Rejlander

A photograph by Oscar Gustave Rejlander. A photograph by Oscar Gustave Rejlander. Wikimedia Commons

The National Portrait Gallery in London has acquired an album containing rare portraits by the pioneering Victorian photographer Oscar Gustave Rejlander. An export bar was placed on the works after they were sold to a Canadian buyer at an auction back in 2014. The National Portrait Gallery raised £74,651 to keep the album, which include a never-before-seen self-portrait of Rejlander, in the UK.

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