Portrait of Joseph Conrad by (Conrad, Joseph) Arbuthnot, Malcolm - 1919

1919. Silver print photograph, blind-stamped in the image "Malcolm Arbuthnot 43 & 44 New Bond Street" and signed by the photographer in pencil on the card mount, inscribed and signed by Conrad in ink on the mount. 195 x 150 mm. Modern frame and glazing. Silver print photograph, blind-stamped in the image "Malcolm Arbuthnot 43 & 44 New Bond Street" and signed by the photographer in pencil on the card mount, inscribed and signed by Conrad in ink on the mount. 195 x 150 mm. Inscribed to His Friend and Biographer Jean-Aubry. The author's portrait inscribed to his first biographer " A Jean Aubry son ami Joseph Conrad 1919".
Gérard Jean-Aubry was author of Joseph Conrad in the Congo and Joseph Conrad Life and Letters.
Conrad recorded this July 1919 session with the famed society photographer Malcolm Arbuthnot as "had 14 shots fired at me by Arbuthnot" (Conrad to Pinker, 17 July 1919, Collected Letters, VI, p.449).