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Carte de visite of James Anthony Froude [photograph].

BIB_ID
313801
Accession number
MA 7795.19
Published
London : Elliott & Fry, undated [1863-1894].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 photographic print : b&w ; 104 x 63 mm
Notes
A note on the envelope that holds this carte de visite as follows: "Froude's Picture (From collection of photographs, at Brantwood, in the F.J. Sharp Collection)."
On verso "Elliott & Fry, 55 Baker Street, Portman Square" is printed. Photograph is undated, but Elliott & Fry opened their studio in 1863 and Froude died in 1894.
Part of a large collection of letters from James Anthony Froude to John Ruskin and Joan Severn. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Inscriptions/Markings
On verso "J.A. Froude" written in ink in an unknown hand.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Portrait of James Anthony Froude.
Classification