BIB_ID
446104
Accession number
MA 23845
Display Date
19--?
Credit line
Purchased on the Drue Heinz Fund, 2022.
Description
1 photographic print : black & white ; visible image: 264 x 214 mm; matted: 330 x 289 mm
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
A photographic enlargement(?) of a photogravure reproduction of a photograph taken, according to various sources, of Alfred Douglas at the age of 24 in Egypt in 1894.
A photographic enlargement(?) of a photogravure reproduction of a photograph taken, according to various sources, of Alfred Douglas at the age of 24 in Egypt in 1894.
Inscriptions/Markings
Autographed in ink by Alfred Douglas at lower right.
Provenance
Edward R. Leahy (his sale, Christies, 6 October 2022), lot number 192.
Summary
Reproduction of a detail from a photogravure of a full-length portrait which showed Douglas seated at small cafe table; a bust portrait showing Douglas looking 3/4 to the right, wearing a dark tie and light jacket. Scratch marks are visible on the edge of the image at right were the background from the original photograph was removed.
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