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Gracie Fields

Photograph
24/02/1928 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Bassano Ltd., Royal Photographers (photographers)
Place of origin
Great Britain (photographed)

Photographic portrait of Gracie Fields by Bassano Ltd., 1928.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Photographs
Portraits
Object type
Photograph
TitleGracie Fields (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photographic print
Photographic Paper
Photography
Brief description
Photographic portrait of Gracie Fields by Bassano Ltd., 1928
Physical description
Photographic portrait of Gracie Fields by Bassano Ltd., 1928. Fields is posed standing wearing a long dress with lavish and heavy beading.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.2cm
  • Width: 21.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Bassano Ltd. / 38, Dover Street. / W.' (Printed in raised type on the mount.)
  • 'GRACIE FIELDS / Wearing a dress / designed and made / by herself. / Please return to / W.S.Meadmore / 23 South Hill Park / Gardens / London.' (Typewritten on a printed sticker affixed to the reverse.)
  • 'off neg. 9J1432' (Written in pencil on the sticker label on the reverse.)
Credit line
Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Production
There is another print in the National Portrait Gallery collection.
Subject depicted
Fields, Gracie Dame
Summary
Photographic portrait of Gracie Fields by Bassano Ltd., 1928.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1600-2015

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Record createdAugust 11, 2015
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1319120/gracie-fields-photograph-bassano-ltd-royal/
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