Portrait of an unknown lady
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 - 1880
Materials
Card
Measurements
Print size 89 x 57 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520011
Summary
A carbon print in Carte de Visite format depicting a half length portrait of a lady with dark hair. Subject is leaning on a piece of upholstered furniture or cushion and wears a dark dress with high white ruffled collar, plus black lace beaded collar across chest. Hair is parted in the middle and tied back neatly. Print is mounted on heavy black card. Recto printed in gold at bottom 'A.E. & C. Fox, Bradford & Elland'. Verso blank.
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