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Photograph (Gelatine Print) of J. A. Murray, by Walter Stoneman, Probably 1946

Inventory Number 12085


Item type
Object
Provenance
Royal Photographic Society archive.
Primary inscriptions
Photographer's stamp on back of mount: 'Photo by Walter Stoneman, F.R.P.S. of J. Russell & Sons, 63, Baker Street, London, W.1.', and numerical annotations.
Physical material
Paper
Card
Dimensions
Height: 151mm Width: 102mm
Inventory No
12085

Description

Gelatine print (bromide), mounted on card, the card cut down to nearly the size of the photograph. Portrait of James A. Murray, head and shoulders, turned to left and head in semi-profile looking left. Murray was President of the RMS in 1926-27 and 1946, and honorary fellow 1948. The photograph may have been taken at the time of his second presidency, or before; the stamp of the photographer Walter Stoneman has the address used from 1932 onwards. Accompanied in the archive by two halftones.