Soldier with Baton
Collection
Breamish Valley Photographic Collection
Category
Description
Studio portrait of soldier holding baton.
NB: This is a photo-of-a-photo. The original studio portrait print of a soldier holding a baton has been pinned to a board and re-photographed. On the original, you can still see the pins used to hold the studio print in place.
Date
WWI period.
Location
Unknown.
Photographer/maker
Photographer of the original studio portrait is unknown. But the ‘photo of the photo’ is thought to be by George Blyth.
Acknowledgements
With thanks to David Taylor of Percy Cross for donating a set of silver gelatin dry photographic negative plates of which this image forms a part.
Copyright
Copyright © Breamish Valley Photographic Collection (BVPC) 2019. All rights reserved.
Reference Number
BVPC0011
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