An unknown gentleman
John Moffat [photographer] Edinburgh
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 - 1890
Materials
Card
Measurements
104 x 64 mm
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520162
Summary
A Monochrome Albumen type carte de visite depicting quarter length portrait of unknown man portrait of print is mounted on heavy white card. Recto printed in red ink: J Moffat Edinburgh Verso printed in red ink: photographer's crest and details - John Moffat, established 1853 125 Princes Street, Edinburgh.
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 Moffat [photographer] Edinburgh, photographic studio