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This is triple mounted, The photograph is glued to light grey card, glued onto Embossed Olive Edis to mount, glued to what must be an exhibition card, rear top has a small number 56 label to top corner. So presume this she used in an exhibition of her works. Size of an actual photograph is approx 15 x 20cm (the total size of the mount is 28cm x 37.5). Condition image very good, mounts, mostly very good, some sunning to the edge of the exhibition card and bottom left edge of the embossed mount. This image is the same as the one in The National Portrait Gallery by Olive Edis, late 1920s 7 7/8in. x 5 7/8in. (200 mm x 148 mm),ref number NPG x976, Given to the NPG by (Mary) Olive Edis (Mrs Galsworthy), 1948. Augustine Birrell was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916. But he failed to take action against the rebels before the Easter Rising, and resigned. A barrister by training, he was also an author, noted for humorous essays. The main collection of Birrell's papers, those dealing with his period as Chief Secretary, are deposited in the Bodleian Library. This is from Olive Edis own personal collection. Undated about 1920. Olive Edis, (Mary Olive Edis, later Edis-Galsworthy ) 1876 - 1955 was one of England's most important pioneer female photographers. Olive preferred to use natural light for her photographs, which makes her portraits so natural and well loved, she was famous for portrait photography. . She was also the only woman photographer who served as a war artist in World War I, and then commissioned to record the work of the Women's Services at the end of the First World War. This is from a small collection we purchased a number of years ago, at the last ever sale of Olive Edis own personal collection, They are all from Edis's studio and house in Sheringham, in Norfolk. Since her death they were under the ownership of Cyril Nunn who was famous for not letting anyone see them, he died in 2008, but before he died he gave them to a local Norfolk dealer to sell them, Most sold direct to museums & a few dealers around the world. These were some of the leftovers after the dealer retired and put the remains in a local auction where we purchased a few lots of numerous photographs. So this is the first time this photograph has come on the market as a single item. Seller Inventory # 003373
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