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DAVID WILKIE WYNFIELD (BRITISH 1837-1887)SELF-PORTRAIT () AS A MONK, 1865Albumen print 18.1 x 21.9cm (7 x 8½ in.), mount 36 x 24 cm Provenance:Tajan, Photographs of 18th and 20th century, 22 November 1999 Literature:Juliet Hacking, Princes of Victorian Bohemia. Photographs by David Wilkie Wynfield, Prestel, 2000 Known predominantly for his paintings, in 1960s Wynfield produced a series of photographs of his artist contemporaries and friends in support of the Victorian artist community. The subjects often resembled Medieval and Renaissance noblemen in their period costumes and were photographed with the use of then experimental techniques of shallow focus, close-up views and long exposure, resulting in painting-like portraiture.