Portrait of a young girl 1889-1903
John J. Avery
Category
Photographs
Date
1889 - 1903
Materials
Card
Measurements
Print 86 x 57 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520126
Summary
A monochrome albumen print, carte de visite, three quarter length portrait depicting unknown young girl. Print is mounted on heavy buff card with rounded corners. Recto: Printed below photograph, the photographers name 'John J. Avery', the logo AJJ and address, '12 SHACKLEWELL LANE KINGSLAND.' Verso: An engraved picture of a girl and cherub with photographers crest 'SHACKLEWELL LANE STUDIO. John J. Avery Art Photographer and Portrait Painter. 12 Shacklewell Lane, Kingsland, 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
John J. Avery, photographic studio