Dennis Price for The Bad Lord Byron, for Triton Films (Sydney Box Productions)

Inscriptions

Verso: Upper left corner, in graphite, "JKFA 1828" and "PH: Norman Hargood" / Upper center, stamped in blue ink, ""The Bad Lord Byron" A Gainsborough Picture Directed by David MacDonald at Shepherds Bush Studios" / Center, stamped in purple ink, "Periodicals (P) Library 191, High [?] W.C.1. Must be returned undamaged" / Lower center, typed in black ink on white label, "One of the first pictures of screen actor Dennis Price as Lord George Gordon Byron, the famous English poet-adventurer. As Byron, Dennis Price heads an impressive cast in the ambitious Sydney Box production of "The Bad Lord Byron", a story based on Byron's colourful adventures. Sydney Box is executive producer of the film which will be produced for him by Aubrey Baring. David McDonald, maker of the famous war film "Desert Victory", will direct "The Bad Lord Byron". This still shows Dennis Price as the poet and was taken during the recent location expedition in Venice and Ravenna where a Gainsborough unit shot back-ground scenes for the film." / Lower right corner, in blue pencil, encircled, "52" / Lower right corner, stamped in blue ink, "Photo: Normon Hargood"

Provenance

John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.

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