Monochrome bust of young woman in profile.
studio of Warwick Brookes (1808-1882)
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Card
Measurements
106 m x 64 mm
Place of origin
Manchester
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520137
Summary
A monochrome albumen carte de visite depicting a bust in profile portrait of an unknown young woman with hair coiled in a bun and a velvet choker. Print is mounted on heavy white card. Recto: also printed in brown ink, Warwick Brookes Manchester. Verso: printed in brown ink, Warwick Brookes, silver medal awards, a circular image, photographer 350 Oxford Rd Manchester, important notice, the above is Warwick Brookes only studio in Manchester. The attention of the public cannot be too particularly drawn to this matter. Established 18 years, pictures up to life size can be made from this photograph.
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
studio of Warwick Brookes (1808-1882), photographer