Polesden Lacey
Sir Ambrose Macdonald Poynter II (1867-1923)
Category
Photographs
Date
Sep 1905
Materials
Leather, card, paper
Measurements
377 x 355 x 74 mm
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1248259.1
Summary
A photograph album of Polesden Lacey bound in olive green leather with gilt and black tooled decoration. It contains photographs taken by Ambrose Poynter (architect) after the completion of the renovations for Sir Clinton Dawkins in September 1905.
Provenance
Presented to The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty. / by [signed] Noel Jordan / [second signature unreadable] / 27th November 1953
Marks and inscriptions
On the front cover and spine: Tooled in gilt: ‘Polesden Lacey’ On the front (corners of the border) : Tooled monogram ‘AMP’ Inside front cover: Lable ‘Presented to The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty. / by [signed] Noel Jordan / [second signature unreadable] / 27th November 1953’ On frontispiece: Inscribed ‘To / Sir Clinton & Lady Dawkins / with every good wish from / Ambrose Poynter / September 1905 / “spectator fastidiosus sibi molestus”’ On frontispiece: Lable ‘POLESDEN LACEY / These photographs show Polesden Lacey as it was in 1905 after Sir Clinton Dawkins had made extensive alterations, but before Mrs. Greville had added two bays to the south front. The photographs show the changes later made by Mrs. Greville to the interior, which included the insertion of the 17th century reredos in the Hall. The Drawing Room in Sir Clinton Dawkins’ time was decorated in a style deriving from that associated with the Adam brothers.’
Makers and roles
Sir Ambrose Macdonald Poynter II (1867-1923), architect Sir Ambrose Macdonald Poynter II (1867-1923), artist