SYMONS, ARTHUR (1865-1945, poet)
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SYMONS, ARTHUR (1865-1945, poet)
PORTRAIT BY ALVIN LANGDON COBURN (1882-1966), vintage photograph, photogravure, proof before letters (no printed plate number or facsimile signature), head and shoulders, 'Arthur Symons' written in pencil on the mount by Coburn, tipped onto a mount different from the printed version (12½ x 9½ inches), framed and glazed, size of image 10 x 7 inches (25.5 x 18 cm), overall size 17 x 14 inches (43.5 x 36 cm), taken for 'Men of Mark', St. John's Wood, 22 September 1906
Sold for £720 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Coburn personally supervised the creation of his photogravures on his own copper plate press.

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