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Lady Alexandra Haig (Baroness Dacre) as Circe

Photograph
1935 (photographed), ca. 1998 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An unmounted colour photograph of a woman shown from the waist up. She wears a yellow dress with the shoulder straps pushed down to her upper arms. She holds a highly ornamented vase. She wears a wig of gold ringlets.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Lady Alexandra Haig (Baroness Dacre) as Circe (assigned by artist)
  • Goddesses (series title)
Materials and techniques
pigment transfer print on watercolour paper
Brief description
Photograph by Madame Yevonde, 'Lady Alexandra Haig (Baroness Dacre) as Circe', 1935, pigment transfer print on watercolour paper, ca. 1998
Physical description
An unmounted colour photograph of a woman shown from the waist up. She wears a yellow dress with the shoulder straps pushed down to her upper arms. She holds a highly ornamented vase. She wears a wig of gold ringlets.
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 490mm
  • Paper width: 377mm
Marks and inscriptions
'MYE-031' (pencil, lower right verso paper)
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.
Subjects depicted
Associated object
PROV.1647-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • XRP642 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 2008-5089/3 - Science Museum Group accession number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.3533-2018

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Record createdSeptember 19, 2018
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