A half length portrait of a man with pronounced sideburns, dressed in a suit and cravat.
studio of Disderi & Co [photographers] London and Paris
Category
Photographs
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card
Measurements
Print, 89 x 56mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520146
Summary
A Monochrome albumen print in carte de visite format. The print depicts a half length portrait of a man with pronounced sideburns in a suit and cravat. There are markings on the carte both recto and verso: Recto, printed in red ink below the print, 'DISDERI & Co (Limited)' Verso, handwritten in pencil at the top right of the carte, '25p' Verso, printed in red ink along the left side of the carte (landscape), 'PARIS, 8 Boulevard des Italiens LONDON, Brook Street 70, 71, 72, HANOVER SQUARE W. and for Equestrian Portraits, Hereford lodge, old Brompton Road, S.W.' Verso, printed in red ink in landscape (with the left side of the carte as the base), 'Disdiri'
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 Disderi & Co [photographers] London and Paris, photographer