I’ve just received these two lovely cabinet cards, of the same sitter, by Frederick Hollyer. There’s no indication of who this sitter is and I’ve check the V&A and the NPG collections online just in case.
Somebody may recognise her. Although Hollyers pjotographic career spanned many decades, he reserved Mondays specifically for portraiture. So lets say every Monday for 30 years… thats not that many portraits really in the grand scheme of things. And his sitters tended to be quite well known artists, writers, dignitaries and their close family members. So there could be a good chance of someone recognising this particular sitter.
They have the usual red signature and address on the reverse. And something I hadn’t realised until Steph pointed it out, is that its actually stamped and not manuscript. Each one is identical. I hadn’t noticed that.
They have quite a specific look in tone (platinum print) but also framing and mounting, on the same stcok card with a gold border.
I’ll add these to my other Hollyer portraits.
These were the first two I found in my collection.
And this the third. So that’s five for now. They pop up.on Ebay an at antique fairs now and again so I’ll keep my eye open for some more.
Theres a couple on Ebay at the moment without the gold border but with the Hollyer stamp. I will see how the bidding goes.