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Photographs: PH1809
Title
Miss Kate Rorke
Subject
Artist
W.& D. DowneyCassell & Company Ltd (London, England)
Date
1892
Dimensions
height (mount): 24.2cm
width (mount): 18.9cm
height: 13.9cm
width: 9.5cm
width (mount): 18.9cm
height: 13.9cm
width: 9.5cm
Inscription/signature
Printed recto: "W. & D. DOWNEY, / MISS KATE RORKE. / 57 & 61, Ebury Street, London."
Provenance
Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, April 2024.
Other number
E0163
Photograph of actress Kate Rorke by W.& D. Downey and published by Cassell & Company Ltd, 1892. Formed part of 'The Cabinet Portrait Gallery' series of photographs by W.& D. Downey, published between 1890-94. Rorke is depicted half-length, seated to the right, she wears a white square-neck dress with lace frills on the neckline and a matching lace wide-brimmed hat.
