Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Portrait of a woman
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- Graphic material
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Reference code
2008.001.271
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ca. 1940 (Creation)
- Creator
- Regent Portraits Ltd.
Physical description area
Physical description
1 photograph: 15.3 x 9.6
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Administrative history
Regent Portraits Ltd. was a photography studio located at 30/31 Great Sutton St., London, E.C. 1. It was mentioned in an October 1938 issue of Gloucester Citizen.
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Scope and content
Item is a cream card with silver letterpress at bottom edge, "Regent Portraits Ltd., London & Provinces." Photograph is a portrait of a young woman in plain white blouse with her short hair curled forward on either side of her face, and a section pulled up and rolled back on top - a very popular style for the 40s. On verso, "Further copies may always be obtained/ from our local Studio by quoting index/ letter and Negative Number." Handwritten in pencil, "PA61.99.8" and again in letterpress, "OR FROM/ REGENT PORTRAITS Ltd.,/ 30/31 GREAT SUTTON ST.,/ LONDON, E.C. 1."
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Physical condition
Good. The card is dirty and foxing. Some abrasion to photograph and staining at bottom right.
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Open. Records are available for consultation without restriction.
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- Shields, Lorne (Subject)
- Regent Portraits Ltd. (Subject)