The Hon. Mrs Bryan Guinness (Lady Diana Mosley) as Venus

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Artist/Maker	Madame Yevonde (photographer) Madame Yevonde (photographer)
Place of origin	London (photographed)

A colour photograph of a seated woman with her head resting on the back of her right hand. She wears a crown in the shape of a shell with a veil. Her right hand rests at her chest on a strand of pearls. Her pink dress is ornamented with pearls.

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Categories	Photographs The Royal Photographic Society Portraits
Object type	Photograph
Titles	The Hon. Mrs Bryan Guinness (Lady Diana Mosley) as Venus (assigned by artist) Goddesses (series title)
Materials and techniques	pigment transfer print Photographic Paper Photography Pigment Processes
Brief description	Photograph by Madame Yevonde, 'The Hon. Mrs Bryan Guinness (Lady Diana Mosley) as Venus', 1935, pigment print, ca. 1998
Physical description	A colour photograph of a seated woman with her head resting on the back of her right hand. She wears a crown in the shape of a shell with a veil. Her right hand rests at her chest on a strand of pearls. Her pink dress is ornamented with pearls.
Dimensions	Mount height: 600mm Mount width: 500mm Image height: 375mm Image width: 288mm
Marks and inscriptions	Blindstamp: 'PP' and 'Y' (embossed in paper, lower left and right, recto)
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	Portraits Shells Goddesses
Associated object	PROV.1647-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers	XRP642 - RPS collection - V&A identifier 2008-5089/14 - Science Museum Group accession number
Collection	Department of Photography
Accession number	RPS.3528-2018

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Record created	September 19, 2018
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1460872/the-hon-mrs-bryan-guinness-photograph-madame-yevonde/

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