Portrait of unknown woman
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1810 - 1901)
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 - 1880
Materials
Card
Measurements
Card size 104 x 63 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520167
Summary
A Monochrome albumen print carte de visite depicting quarter length portrait of a woman, with vignette effect. The print is mounted on heavy white card. Recto: Printed in black ink: Mayall, Photo. London & Brighton Verso: Printed in black ink: Mayall, 224 Regent Street, London W. Also handwritten in black ink: "With love for Mrs Newton"
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 Jabez Edwin Mayall (1810 - 1901), photographer