Bonhams 1793 : WODEHOUSE (PELHAM GRENVILLE) Photographic portrait by Florence Mason, of 23 Walpole Street, London, undated

Photographic portrait by Florence Mason, of 23 Walpole Street, London, gelatin silver print, boldly signed and flourished by Wodehouse across the lower right-hand corner of the image and original mount, showing him three-quarter length against a pictorial scene of a 'pretty' country cottage with a winding path, holding a pipe in his left hand, photographer's name and address printed on the mount, framed and glazed, size of image including original mount 230 x 180mm., actual photograph 150 x 100mm., overall size 400 x 340mm., undated

Estimate:

£2,000 - 3,000
€2,300 - 3,500
US$ 3,100 - 4,700

Footnotes

A very early photograph of Wodehouse, signed by him. He would seem to be in his early 'twenties (perhaps it is his twenty-first birthday picture), at the very outset of his career as a writer

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