Portrait of an unknown woman
West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 - 1880
Materials
Card
Measurements
Card size 104 x 63 mm
Place of origin
Wakefield
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520087
Summary
A monochrome albumen print in carte de visite format, depicting a full-length portrait of a young woman, seated, wearing a dark jacket with brocade trim on the edges and cuffs, and a pale crinoline skirt. Print is mounted on heavy white card Recto: No markings Verso: Crest printed in black ink: "West Riding Asylum, Photographic Studio, Wakefield"
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
Makers and roles
West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum , photographic studio