Half length portrait of seated man
Category
Photographs
Date
1880 - 1890
Materials
Measurements
90 x 57 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1519624
Summary
A Monochrome Woodbury type carte de visite depicting an unnamed half length portrait of a seated man. The print is mounted on heavy cream card. Recto Printed single line border and a scroll design. Parts of the scroll are inscribed 'FIGARO PORTRAIT but the main section is blank. Verso Printed justified centre is 'THE FIGARO-PROGRAMME. Price Two Pence OFFICE ST BRIDE STREET & SHOE LANE, LONDON, E.C WILLIAM WRIGHT, Mount Manufacturer and GOLD & COLOUR PRINTER,15 Wine Office Court, FLEET STREET, E.C.
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
Recto, bottom left: FIGARO Recto, bottom right: PORTRAIT VERSO, CENTRE: Printed justified centre is 'THE FIGARO-PROGRAMME. Price Two Pence OFFICE ST BRIDE STREET & SHOE LANE, LONDON, E.C WILLIAM WRIGHT, Mount Manufacturer and GOLD & COLOUR PRINTER,15 Wine Office Court, FLEET STREET, E.C.