A full length portrait of a seated lady wearing a full dark dress
Arthur James Melhuish [photographer] London
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 - 1890
Materials
Card
Measurements
90 x 60 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520197
Summary
A Monochrome Woodburytype carte de visite depicting a full length portrait of a seated lady wearing a full dark dress. The print is mounted on heavy white card. Recto is marked at the bottom left A.. J. MELHUISH and right 12 YORK PLACE, PORTMAN SQUARE. Verso is a circular logo which reads 12 YORK PLACE, PORTMAN SQUARE around the outside. Underneath is a banner saying ARTHUR JAMES MELHUISH'S then underneath PRIVATE PORTRIAST STUDIO. Verso also has a cream/yellow coloured border
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
Marks and inscriptions
Recto bottom left : A.. J. MELHUISH Recto bottom right: 12 YORK PLACE, PORTMAN SQUARE Verso: Within a cream/yellow coloured border is a circular logo which reads 12 YORK PLACE, PORTMAN SQUARE around the outside. Underneath is a banner saying ARTHUR JAMES MELHUISH'S then underneath PRIVATE PORTRIAST STUDIO
Makers and roles
Arthur James Melhuish [photographer] London, photographer and publisher