Portrait of William Ewart Gladstone, 1881.
Category
Photographs
Date
1881
Materials
Card
Measurements
104 x 62 mm card size
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520029
Summary
A carbon print carte de visite depicting a three-quarter length profile portrait of William Ewart Gladstone. He is seated outdoors adjacent to a stone staircase, an open book on his lap. Print is mounted on heavy white card. Recto markings: Printed on card - 'C.H. Braithwaite. Briggate, Leeds.' Verso: Decorative border and printed studio crest for 'C.H. Braithwaite, 75A Briggate, Leeds.'. Carries additional text, including 'Printed in Carbon' and 'W.W. Hughes & Co., London 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