A miniature portrait of Edwardian actress Stella Gastelle, within a pendant.
Category
Photographs
Date
1906
Materials
Paper, Gilt, Plastic
Measurements
23 x 21 x 3 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521163
Summary
A miniature gelatine silver portrait of Stella Gastelle within a pendant. Her portrait is of her shoulders and head, her hair is tied back and coming over her left shoulder which is bare. On the back is printed 'STELLA GASTELLE AS 'Ganem'' on paper with no cover over. The locket is enclosed in a small rim of gilt metal, with a small fixed loop at the top, with another free link through it.
Provenance
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