Portrait of an unknown women
Anglo-American
Category
Photographs
Date
1856 - 1900
Materials
Card
Measurements
104 x 64 mm card
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520108
Summary
A monochrome Tintype carte de visite depicting a head and shoulders portrait of an unknown women. Print is mounted on heavy blue card. Recto: Gold framing and motifs. Verso: Plain white sticker 37x44 securing the photograph to the card. Advertising crest printed on the card C Cockbain, American Gem Photographer, 10 Stanley Buildings, Walton Rd, Liverpool and at Bank St Buildings, Hope St, Wrexham. Latest novelty. 9 portraits 7 1/2.
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
Anglo-American , photographic studio