Lady 'Zoe' Adora Frances Olga Wells, Lady Brougham and Vaux née Wells, 1847 - 1925.
Category
Photographs
Date
1901
Materials
photographic paper, leather and silk
Measurements
90 mm (H)74 mm (W)247 mm (H)190 mm (W)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246760
Summary
One of two studio portraits of Lady Zoe and her dog in our collection. Signed and dated
Full description
A studio photograph of Zoe. The photograph is signed and dated 1901. It is framed in red and gold embossed leather with an embroidered and beaded silk mount bearing the inscription ‘Une Amie’ (‘a friend’). The other photograph 1247685 is also signed, the dog is named and the image is dated. Adora was the daughter of Peter Wells of Forest Farm Windsor. In 1867 she married Sir Richard Courtney Musgrave, 11th Baronet Edenhall, Cumberland. On being widowed, she married Henry Charles Brougham, 3rd Baron Brougham and Vaux in 1882. She died in December 1925.
Marks and inscriptions
Une Amie (embroidered on frame)