George Bernard Shaw
Allan Gordon Chappelow (1919 - 2006)
Category
Photographs
Date
1950
Materials
Glazed and mounted photograph
Measurements
20 ins (h)16 ins (w)
Order this imageCollection
Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire
NT 1274665
Summary
A black and white photograph of Shaw, aged 94. Quarter length, full face, chin resting on right hand on top of white handle of walking stick, spectacles held in left hand on stick, right eye half closed. Wearing dark herringbone tweed jacket. Brick wall and timber door behind. On white mount with black border and inscription below, black linen tape, glazed.
Provenance
Bequest of George Bernard Shaw, 1950
Marks and inscriptions
Handlettered in black ink below photo "Photograph by; Allan Chappelow / - G.B.S.- / July 1950 - Aetat 94."
Makers and roles
Allan Gordon Chappelow (1919 - 2006), photographer