Oakley Hole
Halford, Frederic M. 1844-1914. (Frederic Michael)
Category
Photographs
Date
1905 - 1910
Materials
Place of origin
Oakley
Collection
Mottisfont, Hampshire
NT 1954642
Summary
One of 15 photographs associated with Frederic Michael Halford and dry fly fishing on the River Test on the Mottisfont Abbey Estate. One of two Black and White photographs of the River Test at Mottisfont from the right-hand bank, looking east, 1905-1910 Published as 'Oakley Hole', Plate XXVIII in Frederic M. Halford, Modern Development of the Dry Fly (London, 1910), (facing p.108)
Provenance
F M Halford; Lot 350a, Angliing Auctions, London, 2 July 2005, where purchased by the National Trust.
Marks and inscriptions
Reverse: 32 stop 1" exposure Reverse: 187 Reverse: Mottisfont W. bank of Main R. Test
Makers and roles
Halford, Frederic M. 1844-1914. (Frederic Michael), photographer
References
Fowler 2011: G. William Fowler, ‘Frederic M. Halford at Mottisfont on the River Test’, The American Fly Fisher, vol. 37, no.2 (2011), pp.2-13.