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Mrs Donald Ross (Baroness Gagern) as Europa

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

An unmounted colour photograph of a woman in 3/4 profile shown from the chest up. She wears a yellow sleeveless gown, draped over her left shoulder. Her forehead and right hand rests on the snout of a stuffed steer head whose head is crowned by flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Mrs Donald Ross (Baroness Gagern) as Europa (assigned by artist)
  • Goddesses (series title)
Materials and techniques
pigment transfer print on watercolour paper
Brief description
Photograph by Madame Yevonde, 'Mrs Donald Ross (Baroness Gagern) as Europa', 1935, pigment transfer print on watercolour paper, ca. 1998
Physical description
An unmounted colour photograph of a woman in 3/4 profile shown from the chest up. She wears a yellow sleeveless gown, draped over her left shoulder. Her forehead and right hand rests on the snout of a stuffed steer head whose head is crowned by flowers.
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 500mm
  • Paper width: 410mm
Marks and inscriptions
'MYE-008' (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
  • 2008-5089/2 - Science Museum Group accession number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.3532-2018

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Record createdSeptember 19, 2018
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