Unknown man in hat with beard
William Wright (fl. c.1870 - c.1880)
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1880
Materials
Card
Measurements
104 x 63 mm card
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1519602
Summary
A monochrome Woodburytype carte de visite depicting a quarter length portrait of an unknown man in hat with beard. The print is mounted on heavy white card, with gold border. Recto - printed beneath image: 'Figaro portrait' Verso - The Figaro program price two pence Office St Brides Street & Shoe Lane, London EC William Wright, Mount Manufacturer and Gold and Colour printer, 15 Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, EC
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
Makers and roles
William Wright (fl. c.1870 - c.1880), printer