Portrait of man with large moustache.
studio of Shrubsole
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 - 1870
Materials
Card
Measurements
105 x 62 mm
Place of origin
Norwich (England)
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520141
Summary
A monochrome albumen carte de visite of a head and shoulder portrait of a man with moustache. Written in pencil on recto top right "2443". Printed on recto under image "Shrubsole" the studio crest of plumes and "Exchange St. Corner & Davey Place NORWICH". On verso "Patron, Her Majesty the Queen By Special Command to their Royal Highnesses Prince & Princess of Wales Empress of Austria H.M. Government Inspectors". Beneath this is printed "Daylight & Arc Light Studios" and studio information.
Provenance
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
Marks and inscriptions
Central: Diffuse white speckles across image
Makers and roles
studio of Shrubsole , photographer