Photograph of Roma Wilson, circa 1915

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Wilson 2/1

Scope and Contents

Studio portrait photograph. Full face, half figure, chin leant on right hand. Mounted on card, inscribed 'Yevonde, 92 Victoria Street, SW'. Inscribed on back 'To Dorothea with love'. It is not certain who Dorothea was: according to the donor, she was not a family member.
1 x sepia print, 14cm x 10cm.

Dates

Creation: circa 1915

Creator

From the Fonds: Wilson, Florence Roma Muir (afterwards O'Brien (1891-1930), novelist) (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Yevonde Middleton, nee Cumbers, 1893-1975. A photographer who set up in London aged 21 and pioneered the use of colour in portrait photography. She used the professional name Madame Yevonde.