Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)
Pirie MacDonald (1867 - 1942)
Category
Photographs
Date
1927
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Measurements
196 mm (W)225 mm (H)150 mm (W)
Place of origin
Fifth Avenue
Collection
Smallhythe Place, Kent
NT 1119226
Summary
Photograph by Pirie MacDonald, New York, of Siegfried Sassoon. Inscribed on front 'To Ellen Terry with love from SS'. Marked on back, 'July 1927 At the Farm'. Framed copy on display in Bedroom.
Marks and inscriptions
Cramer Grand Prize Cup. / The Grand Prize for Portraiture. / Grand Prize, Diamond Decoration. / The Laurel Wreath. / Gold Medal for Miniature Photographs. / Gold Medal for Best Portrait in the United / States and Canada. / Two Gold Medals, Class A. / Gold Medal, Class B. / Gold Medal, Class C. / Silver Medal, Class A. / Silver Medal, Class C, and / Gold Aristo Medal, by the Photographers' / Association of America. / Bronze Trophy, Boston. / Special Silver Medal, Indianapolis. / Diamond Medal, Omaha. / Gold Medal, Indianapolis, Ind. / Gold Medal, Philadelphia. / Gold Medal, St. Louis. / Silver Medal, Frankfort, A. M., Germany. / First Prize, Trier, Germany. / Medal, Amsterdam, Holland. / First Prize, London, England, and / Champion Medal, London, England. / Medal, Beverley, England. / Medal, Royal Belgian Salon, Brussels. / Medal, Nancy, France. / Medal, Paris Salon. / Gold Medal, Befast, Ireland. / Gold Medal, Polytechnic Er., London, England. / Silver Medal, Southsea Er., Portsmouth, England. / Silver Medal, Birmingham, England. / Decorated Officier of d'Academie, 1906. / All these have been bestowed on / Pirie MacDonald / Photographer of Men / Howard Building / Fifth Avenue and 47th Street, and / Washington Life Building / No. 141 Broadway, cor. Liberty Street / New York (printed on reverse of original)
Makers and roles
Pirie MacDonald (1867 - 1942), photographer