Photographs: PH1779

Title

Frederick Leslie

Technique

Woodburytype

Subject

Leslie, Fred (Mr)

Artist

St. James's Photographic Company (London, England)

Date

1884

Dimensions

height (mount): 23.2cm
width (mount): 14.9cm
height: 11.5cm
width: 9.1cm

Inscription/signature

Printed recto: ""My first appearance in this Theatre." / Frederick Leslie / FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY THE ST. JAMES'S PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY / 72, PICCADILLY, W." Inscribed verso: "Vol. 3 / Jan-June 1884"

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, October 2023.

Other number

E0147

Woodburytype photograph depicting actor, singer, comedian and dramatist Fred Leslie (Frederick George Hobson), by St. James's Photographic Company, Piccadilly, London. Published Jan-June 1884, Vol. 3. He is depicted in half length, seated to the left, he wears a buttoned up dark jacket with white shirt and dark cravat, and a white handkerchief pokes out of his left jacket pocket.