Rev. John Brunner (1800-1883)
Category
Photographs
Date
1851
Materials
Printing ink on photograph paper
Measurements
110 x 80 mm
Collection
Greys Court, Oxfordshire
NT 196581
Summary
Black and white portrait photograph of the Reverend John Brunner, wearing dinner jacket and resting left arm on table. Mounted and framed.
Provenance
Assigned to the National Trust from the Estate of Lady Elizabeth Brunner, 2022.
Marks and inscriptions
Reverse: Photograph taken from a daguerro- / type portrait of my father, received / by Mrs. Buchley in 1913 from Marta / Schmidt, of Bulack, a grand-daughter / of my father's sister, Mrs. Katherine / Winkler. / My brother Henry has no doubt / that the daguerrotype was taken in 1851, when my father, at the age / of 51 visited his old home with his newly married second wife, nee Nancy Inman. / The daguerrotype was found among / the belongings of Paulina Winkler, / (d. 1913), the unmarried daughter of / Mrs. Winkler, sister of Mrs. Schmidt, / and aunt of Marta. / John Brunner. Lower right of mount: 1851 Reverse: 3323