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Miss Leslie Chester

(English, active in 1860–1914)
late 19th century
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, albumen print
DimensionsImage: 29.5 x 18 cm (11 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Overall: 33 x 18.6 cm (13 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Malcolm Rogers
Accession number2004.2268
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsRecto, printed on mount, in gold, bottom: W. + D. Downey / 57 & 61. Ebury Street. London. S.W. / Photographers to the Queen Verso, in pencil, top: Miss Leslie Chester Verso, blindstamp, bottom: Marion & Co. London.
ProvenancePurchased by Malcolm Rogers at an antiques fair in Malvern, Worcestershire, UK; Malcolm Rogers, Brookline, MA; gift to MFA December 31, 2004