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Call Number:

PH-00063

Collection Name:

Olive Edis Photography Collection

Creator:

Edis, Olive, 1876-1955 (1876 - 1955)

No. of Items:

13 items

Span Dates:

1920s

Description:

The collection consists of thirteen platinum print portraits by the English photographer Olive Edis from the 1920s. Titles follow:



964:0359:0001 -- H.H. Asquith;

964:0359:0002 -- Arthur James Balfour;

964:0359:0003 -- Augustine Birrell, 1927;

964:0359:0004 -- Austen Chamberlain;

964:0359:0005 -- Martin Conway;

964:0359:0006 -- John Galsworthy,September, 1929;

964:0359:0007 -- D. Lloyd George;

964:0359:0008 -- Thomas Hardy,December, 1913;

964:0359:0009 -- Oliver Lodge, June 1914 ,June, 1914;

964:0359:0010 -- Mrs. Pankhurst;

964:0359:0011 -- Herbert Samuel;

964:0359:0012 -- Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Brother of George VI, 1920;

964:0359:0013 -- [An unidentified woman seated at the piano].

Accession No(s):

964:0359:0001-0013; Gernsheim Collection.

Location(s):

Edis, O., Box (964:0359:0001-0013)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker Edis, Olive, 1876-1955 (1876 - 1955)
Title H.H. Asquith
Date [192-]
Medium platinum print
Dimensions 15.2 x 19.9 cm; 6 x 7 4/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0359:0001
Artist/Maker Edis, Olive, 1876-1955 (1876 - 1955)
Title Arthur James Balfour
Date [192-]
Medium platinum print
Dimensions 24.3 x 19.2 cm; 9 3/5 x 7 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0359:0002
Artist/Maker Edis, Olive, 1876-1955 (1876 - 1955)
Title Augustine Birrell
Date 1927
Medium platinum print
Dimensions 19.9 x 14.7 cm; 7 4/5 x 5 4/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0359:0003
Artist/Maker Edis, Olive, 1876-1955 (1876 - 1955)
Title Austen Chamberlain
Date [192-]
Medium platinum print
Dimensions 20.2 x 15.1 cm; 8 x 5 9/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0359:0004
Artist/Maker Edis, Olive, 1876-1955 (1876 - 1955)
Title Martin Conway
Date [192-]
Medium platinum print
Dimensions 20 x 15 cm; 7 9/10 x 5 9/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0359:0005
Artist/Maker Edis, Olive, 1876-1955 (1876 - 1955)
Title John Galsworthy
Date September, 1929
Medium platinum print
Dimensions 15.2 x 19.9 cm; 6 x 7 4/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0359:0006
Artist/Maker Edis, Olive, 1876-1955 (1876 - 1955)
Title D. Lloyd George
Date [192-]
Medium platinum print
Dimensions 22.7 x 17.6 cm; 8 9/10 x 6 9/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0359:0007
Artist/Maker Edis, Olive, 1876-1955 (1876 - 1955)
Title Thomas Hardy
Date December, 1913
Medium platinum print
Dimensions 20.1 x 15 cm; 7 9/10 x 5 9/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0359:0008
Artist/Maker Edis, Olive, 1876-1955 (1876 - 1955)
Title Oliver Lodge, June 1914
Date June, 1914
Medium platinum print
Dimensions 18.8 x 14.4 cm; 7 2/5 x 5 7/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0359:0009
Artist/Maker Edis, Olive, 1876-1955 (1876 - 1955)
Title Mrs. Pankhurst
Date [192-]
Medium platinum print
Dimensions 20 x 15.1 cm; 7 9/10 x 5 9/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0359:0010
Artist/Maker Edis, Olive, 1876-1955 (1876 - 1955)
Title Herbert Samuel
Date [192-]
Medium platinum print
Dimensions 22.8 x 18.8 cm; 9 x 7 2/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0359:0011
Artist/Maker Edis, Olive, 1876-1955 (1876 - 1955)
Title Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Brother of George VI
Date 1920
Medium platinum print
Dimensions 19.9 x 14.6 cm; 7 4/5 x 5 7/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0359:0012
Artist/Maker Edis, Olive, 1876-1955 (1876 - 1955)
Title [An unidentified woman seated at the piano]
Date [192-]
Medium platinum print
Dimensions 23.8 x 18.9 cm; 9 2/5 x 7 2/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0359:0013