Portrait of an unknown soldier.
J. Laing
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 - 1890
Materials
Card
Measurements
105 x 63 mm card
Place of origin
Shrewsbury
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520111
Summary
A monochrome Albumen carte de visite depicting full length portrait of an unknown soldier. Print is mounted on heavy white card. Recto: Dark brown, J Laing, Castle St, Shrewsbury. Verso: Studio crest J Laing, Castle Street, Shrewsbury and 3 Queens Street, Wellington, Salop. Patronised by Viscount Hill, Lord Lieutenant.
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
J. Laing, photographic studio