Lot Essay
The photographs show Frances and the Fairies taken by Elsie Wright on 7 or 14 July 1917 and Elsie and the Gnome taken by Frances Griffiths in September 1917.
Details
Fairy photographs
Two gelatin-silver prints, 3½ x 2½ inch (9 x 6½cm.) and 2½ x 3½ inch (6½ x 9cm.), matted, the reverse of both with printed VELOX trade name (2)
Two gelatin-silver prints, 3½ x 2½ inch (9 x 6½cm.) and 2½ x 3½ inch (6½ x 9cm.), matted, the reverse of both with printed VELOX trade name (2)
Provenance
Frederick Rider, given to the vendor c.1950.
Exhibited
National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, West Yorkshire, May 1985.