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Studio portrait of Leslie Walford, around 1948 / Dorothy Welding.
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Title:
Studio portrait of Leslie Walford, around 1948 / Dorothy Welding
Creator:
Welding, Dorothy (Gladys Jacqueline Merchant), 1894-1954.
Date:
[c1948]
Format:
1 photoprint : hand coloured ; 24.5 x 19.2 cm. Mounted in studio wrapper.
Inscription:
Signed below image: Dorothy Welding. Verso of image carries photographer's printed label: Dorothy Welding / Camera Portraits / 139 King Street / Sydney / Telephone MA 3562. No. 4907 -D.
Subject:
portraits
Walford, Leslie Nicholl, 1927-2012.
Series:
Leslie Walford papers: Family photographs
Description:
Dorothy Welding was the professional name of Gladys Jacqueline O'Brien, later Merchant (1894-1954) who established a photographic studio in Boomerang House, King Street, Sydney in late 1931. In choosing the name Dorothy Welding, Miss O'Brien was apparently inspired by the successful career of London portrait photographer Dorothy Wilding (1893-1976) whose first Royal family assignment was in 1927.
Provenance:
Leslie Walford estate
Exhibited in:
Exhibited in 'High Society: Society portraiture & photographers 1920 to 1960', National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 25 February to 25 June 1995.
Source:
Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection ; Walford/P/1
Rights:
You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact Museums of History NSW to request permission.
Material Type:
Picture
Record number:
43472
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