Literary
CHESTERTON
(Gilbert Keith, 1874-1936, English Novelist, Poet and Critic)
Fine photograph by Speaight Ltd signed on the mouth
showing him seated looking slightly to his right, wearing a suit and waistcoat, holding his hat in one hand and his stick in the other, 7½ x 5 in photographer's mount, 12½ x 8¼, New Bond Stret, no date, but
Item Date: 1920
very slight creasing on the mount
Background
Richard Neville Speaight (1875-1938) was a photographer for the British royal family. He was a pioneer of the use of electric lighting in photography.
Stock No. 41750