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An unidentified gentleman [”J.D.B.F.”] by Alexander Bassano, 72 Piccadilly, London, dated 28 January 1880.

The Royal Academy website lists Bassano at 72 Piccadilly 1870-81. A leading society photographer of the Victorian and early Edwardian eras, Alexander Bassano (1829-1913) was particularly admired for his portraits of the British royal family; his photograph of Earl Kitchener was the model for the World War I recruiting poster “Your Country needs you.”