Portrait of unknown woman
Negretti and Zambra
Category
Photographs
Date
1854 - 1898
Materials
Card
Measurements
Card size 102 x 62 mm
Place of origin
Crystal Palace
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520193
Summary
A monochrome albumen print carte de visite depicting a three-quarter length portrait of an unknown woman standing behind an ornamental railing. The print is mounted on heavy white card with a rounded corners and a narrow printed border. Recto: Printed on card - 'Negretti & Zambra, Crystal Palace, Sydenham' Verso: Printed - 'Negretti & Zambra, Crystal Palace, Sydenham. Copies may be had by quoting the above Number. This or any other Portrait Enlarged up to Life size and Painted in Oil, or Water colours.' Written in ink top left - 'No. 90569'
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
Negretti and Zambra , photographer and publisher