Unknown Royal Male, c.1870
London School of Photography
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Photographic albumen print on card
Measurements
91 x 58 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1519414
Summary
A monochrome albumen carte de visite. A full length studio portrait of a man, unknown possibly royal. The print is mounted on heavy white card Verso, printed The London School of Photography. Pencil mark on lower right corner; G.W.W. additional unclear script - hand written in pencil. Top left corner another pencil number 66075?
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Marks and inscriptions
Verso top left pencil 66075 bottom Left G.W.W. plus unreadable:
Makers and roles
London School of Photography, photographic studio