Portrait of an unknown woman
H. P. Robinson (fl.1920) (photographer) Tumbridge Wells
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 - 1875
Materials
Card
Measurements
Card size 107 x 64 mm
Place of origin
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520190
Summary
A Monochrome Woodbury type carte de visite depicting a half length portrait of an unknown woman in half profile. The print is mounted on heavy white card. Recto: Printed on card - 'H.P. Robinson, Tunbridge Wells' Verso: Printed - 'Medals awarded to H.P. Robinson, photographer, Tunbridge Wells. All negatives are preserved from which copies can be obtained at any time in imperishable enamel: being also particularly adapted for enlargements. May be finished either in oil or water colors.' Also locations and dates of forty medals awarded.
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
H. P. Robinson (fl.1920) (photographer) Tumbridge Wells, photographer and publisher