Photographs: PH1793

Title

Lottie Venne

Technique

Woodburytype

Subject

Venne, Lottie

Artist

Lock and Whitfield

Date

1879

Dimensions

height (mount): 23.8cm
width (mount): 14.7cm
height: 11.6cm
width: 9.1cm

Inscription/signature

Printed recto: "THE THEATRE, NO. 15, NEW SERIES. WOODBURYTYPE. / PHOTOGRAPHED BY LOCK & WHITFIELD, LONDON." With facsimile signature of the actress: "Yours Truly / Lottie Venne". Inscribed verso: 'LOTTIE VANNE 1879 / MUSICAL BURLESQUE'

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, October 2023.

Other number

E0147

Woodburytype photograph of the actress Lottie Venne, by Lock & Whitfield, London, published 1 October 1879. Number 15 in 'The Theatre' series. She is depicted half length, seated to the right and she wears a black silk and lace shawl with a white ruffle neck collar, cross necklace, and a hat with a structured round half in a white polka dot lace.