Portraits of Edmund Reid Frederick Christian Palmer




edmund reid palmer, 1912


in 1910–1912 palmer photographed edmund reid had been head of metropolitan police service cid @ time of whitechapel murders. reid had retired hampton-on-sea, settlement fast sinking thames estuary prompting old man make attempts @ publicity , demand assistance council. palmer photographed eccentric character amid progressing disaster , gave or sold images reid in form of postcards. old man retailed palmer s photographs kiosk, calling collection art gallery. reid mocked selling postcards of himself , calling art, when duchamp chose take palmer photograph home in 1913 , made artwork of it, reid s insight validated.








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