Mrs Richard Hart-Davis as Ariel
Photograph
1935 (photographed), ca. 1998 (printed)
1935 (photographed), ca. 1998 (printed)
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Colour photograph of the sitter in profile. The woman's head fills the top right quarter of the image with her arms out at right angles in front of her with her hands brought together in the top left corner of the image, holding reflective transparent material that flows back over her head.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pigment transfer print from original negative |
| Brief description | Photograph by Madame Yevonde, 'Mrs Richard Hart-Davis as Ariel', 1935, pigment transfer print ca. 1998 |
| Physical description | Colour photograph of the sitter in profile. The woman's head fills the top right quarter of the image with her arms out at right angles in front of her with her hands brought together in the top left corner of the image, holding reflective transparent material that flows back over her head. |
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| Credit line | The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund. |
| Object history | Yevonde originally intended this photograph of Mrs Richard Hart-Davis to represent Andromeda by including her chained wrists prominently in the composition. However when she saw the intensity of the image once it was printed up she decided it might more appropirately represent the weightlessness and velocity of a flying spirit, namely Ariel. |
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| Associated object | PROV.1648-2017 (RPS Group record) |
| Bibliographic reference | Gibson, Robin and Roberts, Pam Madame Yevonde : colour, fantasy and myth London : National Portrait Gallery, 1990 |
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| Accession number | RPS.2979-2017 |
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| Record created | October 24, 2017 |
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