A three-colour carbon print portrait of Lena Ashwell (1862-1957) taken by Arthur Clive Banfield in 1907. Lena Ashwell was a British actress and theatre manager, famous for organising large-scale entertainment for British troops in France during the First World War.
Lena Ashwell was a British actress and theatre manager, famous for organising large-scale entertainment for British troops in France during the First World War.
This print was made by superimposing three coloured tissues, dyed cyan, magenta and yellow, made from colour separation negatives. The edges of the tissues can be seen clearly in this unmasked print.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6071/8
- Materials:
- paper
- type:
- photograph, colour photograph and three colour carbon print
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
