Enrico Resta (Italian photographer active in England, circa 1858-1942)
"The Sphinx," Portrait of the mystic Madame H. P. Blavatsky
January 8, 1889
albumen print photograph mounted on card (cabinet card)
image 5.5 x 4 inches
mount 6 13/16 x 4 1/2 inches (17 x 11,3 cm)
The Daulton Collection
References:
Martin Brauen, Dreamworld Tibet, Western Illusions (Trumbull, Connecticut: Weatherhill, 2004) (1st English ed.) (Martin Willson, trans. from the original German), ill. 21 at pg. 28.
