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Photographs: PH1780
Title
Mr James Fernandez
Technique
Woodburytype
Subject
Artist
St. James's Photographic Company (London, England)
Date
1883
Dimensions
height (mount): 23.5cm
width (mount): 15.2cm
height: 11.3cm
width: 9.2cm
width (mount): 15.2cm
height: 11.3cm
width: 9.2cm
Inscription/signature
"MR. JAMES FERNANDEZ. / 'Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, / Nor age so eat up mine invention, / Nor fortune made such havoc of my means, / Nor my bad life 'reft me so much of friends.' / - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. / FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN SPECIALLY FOR 'THE THEATRE' BY"
Provenance
Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, October 2023.
Other number
E0147
Woodburytype photograph depicting actor Mr James Fernandez by St. James's Photographic Company, Piccadilly, London. Published by David Bogue, 1 October 1883. The quote on the front is from Act IV, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's play 'Much Ado About Nothing' and spoken by Leonato, who is in a state of extreme grief and anger after his daughter, Hero, was publicly shamed at her wedding. Fernandez is depicted in half length, seated to the right and he wears a jacket with a white shirt.
