| LC control no. | nr 91005198 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Yevonde, Madame, 1893-1975 |
| Variant(s) | Yevonde (Photographer) Cumbers, Yevonde, 1893-1975 Middleton, Yevonde, 1893-1975 Plummer, Edith, 1893-1975 |
| Other standard no. | 0000 0000 5518 3319 500337381 51910107 Q522104 |
| Associated country | England |
| Located | London (England) |
| Birth date | 1893 |
| Death date | 1975 |
| Field of activity | Portrait photography Color photography Still-life photography |
| Affiliation | Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain) |
| Profession or occupation | Photographers Artists Feminists |
| Found in | Gibson, R. Madame Yevonde, 1990: t.p. (Madame Yevonde) p. 7, etc. (b. 1-5-1893; photographer predominantly known as Madame Yevonde; given name Yevonde Cumbers; also known as Edith Plummer; d. 1975) Freestone, C. Yevonde: Life and Colour, 2023: t.p. (Yevonde) National Portrait Gallery WWW site, viewed 24 July 2023 (Yevonde, also known as Madame Yevonde, was a London-based photographer of portraits and still life) New York times, 21 Aug. 2023: in an exhibition review entitled, "Staging a 'Riot of Color' with her images" on page C6 (Yevonde; born Yevonde Cumbers in South London in 1893, died in 1975; a determined feminist she was known professionally as Madame Yevonde and rarely by her married name (Mrs. Edgar Middleton) -- on her own terms, she used the singular Yevonde, with which she signed her prints, exhibition invitations and 1940 autobiography, "In camera"; with a focus on female representation, [the National Portrait Gallery exhibition in London] "Yevonde: Life and Color" argues for her role as a pioneer of color photography) |
| Associated language | eng |
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