Portrait of unknown man
Window and Grove [photographers] London
Category
Photographs
Date
1877
Materials
Card
Measurements
Card size 104 x 63 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520171
Summary
A Monochrome albumen print carte de visite depicting a quarter length portrait of a man in profile, with vignette at the base. The print is mounted on heavy white card. Recto: Printed in black ink: Window & Grove, 63A Baker St, London Verso: Printed in black ink: photographer's crest and details: Window & Grove, Photographers to the Royal Family, 63A Baker Street, Portman Square, London W. Also, handwritten in black ink: T.F.L. Eve of Derby Day, 29th May 1877
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
Window and Grove [photographers] London, photographic studio