§ Dorothy Wilding (1893-1976) A Fine Group of Portaits of US Diplomat Charles Ulrick Bay, c.1950

Comprising five silver prints mounted to card, image size 24 x 18cm, card size 33 x 26.5cm, signed by the photographer in in pencil lower margin; four loose silver prints, image/sheet size 21 x 15.5cm, credited in each negative, with Wilding's 22 Old Bond Street studio and copyright stamps verso; eleven unsigned silver prints mounted to card, image size 24 x 18cm, card size 33 x 26.5; 2 loose unsigned silver prints, image sheet size 25 x 19cm.

Together with a vintage, warm-toned silver print portrait of Bay by Laura Gilpin, mounted to card, image size 24.5 x 19cm, card size 40.5 x 33.5cm, signed and dated '25' by the photographer in pencil lower margin recto, annotated 'Charles LL Bay, Photograph by Laura Gilpin, Colorado Springs, Colo.' card verso.

Charles Ulrick Bay (September 5, 1888 – December 31, 1955) was an American businessman and diplomat, best known for his appointment as the US Ambassador to Norway by President Harry S Truman, from 1946-1953.