Miss Pattie Mason
Category
Photographs
Date
1911
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
171 x 158 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522898.19
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in original buff paper wallet, in portrait format, depicting a half length portrait of a woman wearing a patterned blouse with leg o' mutton sleeves, a pale skirt and a straw brimmed hat with ornate bows and decorations. She is holding flowers in one hand and appears to be seated just outside a house. The buff coloured paper wallet (part of the "Negasys" storage system - see General Note below) is pre-printed in black ink with a form where details of the photograph can be recorded: Date, Subject, Stop & Exposure, Exposure for Transparency, Exposure for Bromide, Exposure for Gaslight Paper, Print Meter No for Carbon etc, and Note. The wallet has a flap, upon which is printed in black ink the number "18". The image has been retouched on the face and upper area. Handwritten in black ink against "Date": 1911; and against "Subject": 'Miss Pattie Mason'. Part of the Christie Miller Collection.
Provenance
Donated to the Fox Talbot Museum in 1976 by (the daughter of the photographer) Jane Wakefield Christie-Miller (1922-2017) of Swyncombe House, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 6EA