Photographs: PH1708

Title

Miss Jessie Vokes

Technique

Woodburytype

Subject

Vokes, Jessie Catherine Biddulph

Artist

Lock and Whitfield

Dimensions

height (mount): 10.3cm
width (mount): 6.6cm
height (sheet): 8.8cm
width (sheet): 5.5cm

Inscription/signature

Printed on recto: "Woodbury Permanent Photograph." Printed on verso: "Saturday Programme Supplement. / JANUARY 8, 1876. / MISS JESSIE VOKES. / Photograph from life by Lock and Whitfield, 178, Regent Street, London." Inscribed on verso: "1851-1884"

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt in September 2023.

Other number

E0146

This carte de visite depicts British actress and accomplished dancer Jessie Vokes. She was the second oldest sister of the Vokes Family.