Unknown bearded man, quarter length portrait
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Card
Measurements
image size 70 x 50 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1519983
Summary
A monochrome oval shaped carbon print in carte de visite format, impressed into a glossy light brown card mount, depicting a quarter length portrait of an unknown bearded man. Photographer's details are printed below the image "E Baudoux Phot. Jersey. Permanent Photograph Printed in Carbon". The photographer's crest and address are also printed on the verso, with a handwritten reference "L0821", possibly a negative number.
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