Hand watercolored photograph British royalty by Keturah Collings

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Hand watercolored photograph British royalty by Keturah Collings

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A very nice photograph or Lithograph that has been hand water colored by Keturah Collings, a prominent British miniaturist and photographer. This is signed with her 73 part street address is pencil which indicates that it is was done after 1910. I can't recognize who the sitter is, but Keturah was well known to have photographed the Belgian and Prussian imperial families as well as most of the British Royal Family. It is in an elegant period Edwardian frame. A brief bio of the artist follows; Keturah Collings, opened her studio at 16 North Audley Street around 1905 and is listed at this address in London trade directories until at least 1908. A few years later, Keturah Collings was living at 73 Park Street, near Grosvenor Square. By 1914, Keturah Collings had established a photographic studio at 7 Lower Seymour Street, W. London and she was listed as a photographer at this address in the Post Office London Directory published in 1915.There is evidence that by the end of 1915, Keturah Collings was working from her home address at 73 Park Street, London. From 1913, around the time she closed her studio at 16 North Audley Street, Keturah Collings began to make a living as a portrait painter as well as a photographic artist. The Post Office London Directory of 1915 lists Keturah Collings as a professional photographer at 7 Lower Seymour Street, West London, but during and immediately after the First World War, Keturah painted small watercolour portraits of military officers (see above). The people who commissioned portraits from Keturah Collings generally came from the upper strata of society. Keturah Collings closed her photographic studio in North Audley Street around 1913. After this date, Keturah Collings applied her artistic talents to painting small portraits in watercolours (see above). Surprisingly, there is evidence that Keturah Collings was still involved in portrait photography at the time of the Second World War. A studio portrait of Pilot Officer Bruce McAllister of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, photographed by Keturah Collings of London, is held in the archives of North Invercargill Church, New Zealand. Pilot Officer Bruce McAllister died on 28th June 1942 at the age of 23.

Dimensions:
Height: 13 in (33.02 cm)Width: 9 in (22.86 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
Period:
Early 20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1900-1920's
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Some foxing to the paper and the original paper backing is ripped.
Seller Location:
Palm Springs, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: U0904118350753