Portrait of unknown girl with introduction rhyme requesting portraits for a photograph album.
Ashford, Brothers & Co. [photographers] London
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 - 1870
Materials
Card
Measurements
Card size 97 x 63 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520102
Summary
A monochrome albumen print carte de visite depicting an unknown girl wearing a floral head dress and standing under a floral arch. A scroll displaying an introduction rhyme requesting portraits for a photograph album is standing on a book placed in front of the girl: Yes here is my album But learn ere you look That all are expected To add to my book. You are welcome to quiz it The penalty is You add your own portrait For others to quiz. Print is mounted on heavy white card. Recto: no markings. Verso: Printed - 'Ashford, Brothers & Co., Photographic Publishers, 76 Newgate Street, London'
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
Ashford, Brothers & Co. [photographers] London, photographer and publisher