Victor Schoenmehl, half length portrait
Category
Photographs
Date
1879
Materials
Card
Measurements
image size 82 x 49 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1519985
Summary
A monochrome carbon print in carte de visite format, mounted on white card with a red border and depicting a half length portrait of a man wearing pince-nez. A handwritten inscription on the verso (possibly an autograph) identifies him as "Victor Schoenmehl 1879". Photographer's information printed on the recto states "Romuald 40 Rue de Bondy, Boulevard St-Martin" and further photographer's information is printed on the verso.
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