[Thomas Hovenden, artist, seated, holding a photograph(?), facing front, half-length portrait]

Archive record

1 photographic print : platinum ; 23 x 19 cm. mounted on gray board, 43 x 35 cm.

About this photograph

Thomas Hovenden, identified as an artist, photographed by C.S. (Clayton Stone) Harris in 1895. The portrait shows Hovenden seated, facing the camera, captured from approximately the waist up. He appears to be holding what may be a photograph, though the record notes this identification with uncertainty.

The image is a platinum print, a photographic process that produces particularly stable images with a characteristically soft tonal range. The print measures 23 by 19 centimeters and is mounted on gray board measuring 43 by 35 centimeters.

Beyond these details from the archive record itself, little is known about the circumstances of this portrait or the relationship between photographer and subject.

Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.

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