Lot 42
Elsie Wright (1901-1988) in collaboration with Frances Griffiths (1907-1986)
Lot 42 Details
Elsie Wright (1901-1988) in collaboration with Frances Griffiths (1907-1986), British
ALICE AND THE FAIRIES (FROM COTTINGLEY FAIRIES)
Sepia photograph; titled to the mount with the initial A (the first photograph of the series of 5 photographs) with Copyright: “photograph taken July, 1917” by Wright.
Sheet 7.9" x 6" — 20.1 x 15.2 cm.
Estimate $3,000-$4,000
Provenance:
Private Collection, Wyevale received from the present owner’s mother Florence Rose Eager, Wales; who received from her mother in Keighley, Yorkshire, close to Cottingley, where the young photographers resided
Note:
The photograph depicts Frances Griffiths with the Fairies taken in 1917 by Elsie Wright