Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett
Hay Wrightson Ltd (photographers) London
Category
Photographs
Date
1930 - 1935
Materials
Paper, Card
Measurements
302 x 236 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522998
Summary
A monochrome gelatine silver print in portrait format depicting a three quarter length portrait of Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett, PC, KC (1870 – 1947), a Canadian lawyer, businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Canada from 1930 to 1935. The image is mounted on heavy card. Markings: Recto: none. Verso: handwritten in pencil: "The Rt. Hon. R B Bennett PC HB KC" Hay Wrightson (1874-1949) was a photographer and owner of the photography firm Hay Wrightson Ltd, the firm continued after the death of Wrightson.
Makers and roles
Hay Wrightson Ltd (photographers) London, photographic studio