A full length portrait of a dog sat on a stand
James Robert Granville Exley (Great Horton, Bradford 1878 - Grassington 1967)
Category
Photographs
Date
1880 - 1890
Materials
Measurements
96 x 58 mm
Place of origin
Bradford
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520060
Summary
A monochrome albumen carte de visite depicting a full length portrait of a dog sat on a stand. The dog is a small, light coloured terrier. The print is on thick white card, recto printed at the bottom J. Exley Great Horton. Verso is printed an ornate logo for James Exley photographers.
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: J. EXLEY GREAT HORTON Verso: Elaborate scrolling and the following: Artist & Photographer James Exley Southfield Lane Great Horton BRADFORD Portraits in very style and size Enlarged or reduced and painted in Monochrome or Colors
Makers and roles
James Robert Granville Exley (Great Horton, Bradford 1878 - Grassington 1967), photographer and publisher