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Photographs: PH1777
Title
Ada Swanborough
Technique
Woodburytype
Subject
Swanborough, Ada
Artist
Lock and Whitfield
Date
1879
Dimensions
height (mount): 23.7cm
width (mount): 14.8cm
height: 11.4cm
width: 8.9cm
width (mount): 14.8cm
height: 11.4cm
width: 8.9cm
Inscription/signature
Printed recto: "THE THEATRE, NO. 10, NEW SERIES. WOODBURYTYPE. / PHOTOGRAPHED BY LOCK & WHITFIELD, LONDON." With facsimile signature of the actress: "Yours Sincerely / Ada Swanborough".
Provenance
Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, October 2023.
Other number
E0147
Woodburytype photograph of the actress and theatre manager Ada Swanborough, by Lock & Whitfield, London, published 1 May 1879. Number 10 in 'The Theatre' series. She is depicted in half length, seated to the left and she wears a long-sleeved dark silk overdress with ruffle collar and necklace.
