A head and shoulders portrait of a lady wearing a dark three string necklace.
Arthur James Melhuish [photographer] London
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 - 1890
Materials
Card
Measurements
92 x 58 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520199
Summary
A Monochrome Woodburytype carte de visite depicting a head and shoulders portrait of a lady wearing a dark three string necklace. 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 PORTRAIT 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
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 PORTRAIT STUDIO
Makers and roles
Arthur James Melhuish [photographer] London, photographer and publisher