Quarter length portrait of an unknown young woman
John Moffat [photographer] Edinburgh
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 - 1890
Materials
Card
Measurements
106 x 63 mm
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520161
Summary
A Monochrome Albumen type carte de visite depicting a head and shoulders portrait of a young woman. The image has a pale vignette and the print is mounted on heavy white card. Recto ' J. Moffat, 103 and 125 Princes Street, Edinburgh. Established 1853' Verso has a logo containing the same information. Also 'has red printed border.
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 part of
Makers and roles
John Moffat [photographer] Edinburgh, photographic studio