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Description: | A photographic portrait of Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), taken by Fred Holland Day (1864-1933) in 1897. Gibran was an immigrant Lebanese boy whose education was guided and funded by Day. He went on to become a prominent poet, philosopher and artist. Fred Holland Day was a prominent American photographer. A millionaire book publisher and aesthete, he was a friend of Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) and Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898). In 1900 Day organised a photographic exhibition 'The New School of American Photography' which was shown in London and created a sensation. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | photograph platinum print | Temporal: | 1897 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Day, Fred Holland (1864-1933) | Identifier: | 2003-5001/2/20672 | Go to resource |
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