Women in focus: the Kodak girl – in pictures

The Kodak product was marketed, in the beginning, at women, who often took a central role in advertising. In 1893 the Kodak girl, a character embodying independence and travel, began to appear in publicity shots. As the Eastman Kodak company files for bankruptcy, we reproduce some images from history.

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James Jacques Joseph Tissot - Chrysanthemums. ca1875

James Jacques Joseph Tissot - Study for (also known as Woman in an Interior)

Thomas Sully - Lord Byron, ca1828

English-born American Painter, (1783-1872)

A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.
Lord Byron

Frederick Goodall - Old Maid

Julia Prinsep Jackson, c.1856 - unknown photographer

Julia Prinsep Jackson (1846-1895) was the third daughter of Dr. John and Maria Pattle Jackson. Born in India in 1846, she moved to England with her mother in 1848. This photograph of Virginia Woolf’s mother was taken when she was ten years old and reveals her legendary beauty. She later became a model for Pre-Raphaelite painters, such as Edward Burne-Jones.

William John Hennessy - The artist’s studio

Cumbria, Westmorland, Ambleside in the 1890's

John Collier - A Glass of Wine with Caesar Borgia 1893