William Mann
[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with Fairies]

[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with Fairies]
[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with Fairies]
[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with Fairies]
ArtistBritish, active 1920s
CultureBritish
Titles
  • [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with Fairies]
Date1922
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 × 2 15/16 in. (10.1 × 7.4 cm)
Sheet: 4 5/16 × 3 1/4 in. (10.9 × 8.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Photo Forum 2019
Object number2019.57
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceFrances Grifiths; Mrs. Christine Lynch, daugher of Frances Griffiths; [Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Cirencester, England, April 11, 2019, Lot 337]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Illegible pencil marks, recto, in upper blank area of image; inscribed in ink, verso, top center: "Mr. Mann's fake"; inscribed and signed in pencil, verso center: "With the compliments of // the perpetrator // Wm. Mann // 5/1/22"; inscribed illegibly in pencil verso: "H2ql // A // X" [?]

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