- Subject
- Photography
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Washington Teasdale
- Provenance
- Presented by the Executors of G. H. Gabb in 1949. From the collection of Richard Inwards, who was given it in 1906 by Richard Kerr.
- Primary inscriptions
- Inscribed on back: 'Washington Teasdale | sent me by Mr Rd- Kerr Nov 21 1906' [in Richard Inwards's hand].
- Physical material
- Paper
- Dimensions
- Height: 164mm Width: 120mm
- Inventory No
- 22530
- Accession Number
- 1949-10
Description
Gelatine print. Portrait of Washington Teasdale, seated half length, turned to right, head in profile and bowed as if reading, though the book he holds in his left hand is closed; wearing a hat. Matt, strong black and white, slight silver tarnishing. Vertical format. Heavy paper. Probably a candid portrait or snapshot. Teasdale died in 1903.
For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives.
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