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Women's Head (large face)

Photograph
1933 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A mounted black and white portrait showing a close-up of a woman with darkly painted lips and dramatically thin pencilled brows.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWomen's Head (large face) (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bromide print
Brief description
Photograph by Madame Yevonde, 'Women's Head (large face), (sitter Mrs. Constance 'Flo' Lambert)', bromide print, 1933
Physical description
A mounted black and white portrait showing a close-up of a woman with darkly painted lips and dramatically thin pencilled brows.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 505mm
  • Mount width: 390mm
  • Image height: 375mm
  • Image width: 295mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • signed (ink, lower right mount recto)
  • Royal Photographic Society labels, 'acquired 1939', ref no. '2158' (mount verso)
  • Madame Yevonde Berkeley Square Studio stamp, '9912-1' (centre mount verso)
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.
Subject depicted
Associated object
PROV.1649-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • XRP644 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 2003-5001/2/20389 - Science Museum Group accession number
  • 5640 - Royal Photographic Society number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.3357-2018

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2018
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