Head-and-shoulders portrait photograph of James Laver by Howard Coster

Coster (Howard).     c.1935-1936      Contemporary print from the original glass plate negative, signed by the photographer in black ink in the lower left-hand corner and bearing his studio stamp, “Howard Coster, Photographer of Men” on the verso. Approximately 11 x 9 ins. (28 x 23 cms.). A superb image in the photographer’s inimitable style and in fine state  James Laver was born in Liverpool and educated at the Liverpool Institute and New College Oxford. A distinguished art critic, he was Keeper in the Departments of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and of Paintings in the Victoria & Albert Museum, and wrote widely on art and costume.VAT is charged on orders for photographs from customers within the European Economic Community. 

Price: £120