Portrait of an unknown woman
John Moffat [photographer] Edinburgh
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 - 1880
Materials
Card
Measurements
Card size 104 x 63 mm
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520165
Summary
A Monochrome albumen type carte de visite depicting a quarter length portrait of a young woman, with vignette. The print is mounted on heavy white card. Recto: Printed in brown ink: J Moffat, Edinburgh. Verso: Printed in brown ink: Photographer's crest and details: John Moffat, 125 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Established 1853.
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