Viola Hamilton posing on a horse, in front of a painted medieval backdrop.
- Date:
- [1911]
- Reference:
- 539778i
- Part of:
- The Fallaize Collection.
- Pictures
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced August 2022: Viola Hamilton posing naked as Lady Godiva riding a horse, in front of a backdrop painted to represent mediaeval Coventry, in a photographic studio. Photograph by Hana Studios, 1911..
Description
Hamilton is wearing a flesh-coloured bodystocking and long trailing piece of cloth. She took the eponymous part in the Godiva Pageant at Coventry in 1911
Publication/Creation
London ([22 Bedford Street, Strand]) : Hana Studios Ltd., [1911]
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
Lettering
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 539778i
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.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores