Portrait of a woman

Made:
circa 1935
maker:
Unknown

A Vivex colour photograph of a woman, taken by an unknown photographer in 1937. The woman wears a loose shirt covered with Russian-style embroidery.

A Vivex colour photograph of a woman, taken by an unknown photographer in 1937.

The woman wears a loose shirt covered with Russian-style embroidery.

The Vivex process was introduced by Dr Douglas A Spencer (1901-1979) in about 1929. It produced high-quality standardised colour prints from colour-separation negatives.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/6071/21
Materials:
paper
type:
photograph, colour photograph and vivex colour print
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford