Photographs: PH1978

Title

Arthur Cecil and Marie Bancroft

Subject

Cecil (Blunt), Arthur
Bancroft, Marie (Lady)

Artist

Window & GroveWaterlow and Sons

Dimensions

height: 10.2cm
width: 5.8cm

Inscription/signature

Printed on front: "Window & Grove. Baker Street. / MRS. BANCROFT & MR. CECIL. / Permanent Photo. COPYRIGHT. Waterlow & Sons Ld."

Other number

E0165

Exhibition history

Presented by Michael Gaunt, March 2026.

Carte-de-visite depicting Arthur Cecil Blunt and Marie Bancroft playing chess. They are depicted full length and seated in an interior. Cecil wears a long black coat, black waistcoat with white shirt, tie and pocket watch. Bancroft wears a floor-length black corseted dress with white shirt and bonnet. A bunch of keys hang from her left hand.