- Bib ID:
- 7508518
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Mendelssohn, Albert, photographer
- Description:
-
- 1871
- 1 print : carte de visite, albumen ; 6.5 x 9.8 cm
- Summary:
-
"The case of the Tichborne claimant produced two of the most celebrated British trials of the nineteenth century. In 1865 the false claimant in the case, an impostor called Arthur Orton who was living in Wagga Wagga under the name Tom Castro, claimed that he was in fact the English aristocrat Sir Roger Tichborne, who had supposedly been lost at sea ten years earlier. Although the massive inheritance had passed in the meantime to Sir Roger's younger brother and nephew, Sir Roger's mother, the Dowager Lady Tichborne, refused to believe that her elder son was dead."--Information from acquisitions documentation.
- Notes:
-
- Title from caption.
- Inscriptions: "The Great Fight for £40,000 a year, between 'Little Touchbone' the 'Hampshire Infant' and Stoney-Hurst, the great Australian slogger."--Printed across bottom margin of image; "Albert Mendelssohn, London"--Blind stamp lower right.
- "This carte de visite format satirical cartoon was produced for commerccial sale to an eager and fascinated public during the first trial by the London photographic firm of Albert Mendelssohn."--Information from acquisitions documentation.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased 2018.
- Subject:
-
- Terms of Use:
- Copyright restrictions may apply.
- Copyright:
-
Out of Copyright
You may copy or order a copy through Copies Direct or use the online copy for research or study;
for other uses Contact us for further information about copying.
- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1871
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate.
Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see:
Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Find in other libraries at Trove