Viola Hamilton, posing next to a large podium, in front of a velvet backdrop.

Date:: [early 20th century]

Reference:: 539748i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

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Collection contents

The Fallaize Collection.
- Viola Hamilton.
  - Viola Hamilton, posing next to a large podium, in front of a velvet backdrop.539748i

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced August 2022: 0Viola Hamilton, posing naked standing next to a large podium, in front of a velvet backdrop in a photographic studio. Photograph by Hana Studios, ca.1899-1908..

Description

The model is wearing a flesh-coloured bodystocking which has been retouched out on the negative, she also wears a long transparent piece of cloth

Publication/Creation

London ([22 Bedford Street, Strand]) : Hana Studios Ltd., [early 20th century]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Contributors

Lettering

Miss Viola Hamilton The name lettering is written on the negative in white ink, the studio details are in a stamp embossed in the lower right-hand corner

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 539748i

Ownership note

Originally collected by British anthropologist Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957). Purchased by Capt. L.W.G. Malcolm in 1934, on behalf of Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, for the price of £25. From a letter in the Wellcome archives dated 16th December 1934.