Madame Pauline Rita
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 1519608
Summary
A monochrome Woodburytype carte de visite depicting a quarter length portrait of Madame Pauline Rita. The print is mounted on heavy white card, with gold border. Recto - printed beneath the image: 'Figaro portrait' Verso - Printed in gold 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 Adhesive sticker Madame Pauline Rita
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