Orpheus in the Underworld

Orpheus in the Underworld

Photograph

Edwin E. Jelley

Maker
American, b. England, 1898–1965

Orpheus in the Underworld

ca. 1950
Dye imbibition print
Image: 17 3/8 × 13 1/4 in. (44.1 × 33.7 cm)
Mount: 20 1/16 × 16 in. (51 × 40.6 cm)
Inscriptions inscribed in black ink on mount recto, BL: Orpheus in the Underworld.
signed in black ink on mount recto, BR: Edwin E. Jelley
inscribed in pencil on mount verso, TL: Photomicrograph of crystals by \ Polarized Light. \
Kodachrome by Edwin E. Jelley. \ Dye transfer print. \ Given to Clark by Jelley.
inscribed in black ink on mount verso, TL: Dye Transfer ? ca 1950
signed in pencil on mount verso, TRC: Walter Clark
inscribed in black ink on mount verso, RC: Jelley was at Kodak Harrow \ one of Nobby's [Walter Clark's] "first employees" \ Clark Aug 83 [sideways]

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