Miss Ada Cavendish
Category
Photographs
Date
1867 - 1868
Materials
Card
Measurements
105 x 65 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521133.27
Summary
A monochrome albumen carte de visite. Three quarter portrait of Miss Ada Cavendish. The print is mounted on heavy card. Printed on recto: MISS ADA CAVENDISH . STEREOSCOPIC COY. COPYRIGHT. Printed on verso: Studio mark, a detailed crest with the following text: Photographers to HRH The Prince of Wales. To HRH The Duke of Edinborough. Prize medal for portraiture Vienna Exhibition 1873. The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company 110 &108 Regent Street and 54 Cheapside.
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