Portrait of Elizabeth Mary Odling
Date
1872
Sitter
Elizabeth Mary Odling (1829 - 1921, British) , Writer
Creator
Jean Louis Albert Mathieu (1837 - 1904, French) , Photographer
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 89mm
width (print): 54mm
height (mount): 103mm
width (mount): 62mm
width (print): 54mm
height (mount): 103mm
width (mount): 62mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders studio portrait of Elizabeth Mary Odling, wearing a tiara, facing slightly to the right as viewed, head tilted.
The mount is inscribed: ‘MATHIEU-DEROCHE, PHOT. 39, BOULD. DES CAPUCINES.’, with the crest of the Prince of Wales. Verso, with the Royal coat-of-arms: ‘MATHIEU- DEROCHE photographe de S.A.R. le Prince de Galles. Bould. des Capucines 39 A Paris. PROCEDE DEROCHE SPECIALITE DE PORTRAITS SUR EMAIL MEDAILLE D’ARGENT Exposition 1867. Tous les Clichés sont conservés.
Elizabeth Mary Odling, née Smee (b.1843) British writer, was the daughter of Alfred Smee FRS (1818-1877) British chemist and surgeon. Among her writings are ‘The caddis-worm and its houses’ for The Intellectual Observer in 1864 (as Elizabeth Mary Smee) and a Memoir of the late Alfred Smee (London, George Bell, 1878). She married the chemist William Odling FRS (1829-1921) in 1872.
Jean Louis Albert Mathieu (1837-1904) French photographer, operating under the pseudonym of Mathieu-Deroche in Paris during the years 1866-1904.
The mount is inscribed: ‘MATHIEU-DEROCHE, PHOT. 39, BOULD. DES CAPUCINES.’, with the crest of the Prince of Wales. Verso, with the Royal coat-of-arms: ‘MATHIEU- DEROCHE photographe de S.A.R. le Prince de Galles. Bould. des Capucines 39 A Paris. PROCEDE DEROCHE SPECIALITE DE PORTRAITS SUR EMAIL MEDAILLE D’ARGENT Exposition 1867. Tous les Clichés sont conservés.
Elizabeth Mary Odling, née Smee (b.1843) British writer, was the daughter of Alfred Smee FRS (1818-1877) British chemist and surgeon. Among her writings are ‘The caddis-worm and its houses’ for The Intellectual Observer in 1864 (as Elizabeth Mary Smee) and a Memoir of the late Alfred Smee (London, George Bell, 1878). She married the chemist William Odling FRS (1829-1921) in 1872.
Jean Louis Albert Mathieu (1837-1904) French photographer, operating under the pseudonym of Mathieu-Deroche in Paris during the years 1866-1904.
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