An Unknown Gentleman, probably The Reverend Richard Noel-Hill, 4th Baron Berwick of Attingham (1774-1848)
Richard Beard (East Stonehouse, Devon 1801 - Hampstead, London 1885)
Category
Photographs
Date
1841 - 1848
Materials
Dagurreoptype photograph on oval glass in a rectangular metal, gilt and leather housing
Measurements
55 x 43 mm
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609154
Summary
Dagurreoptype photograph on oval glass in a rectangular metal, gilt and leather housing, An Unknown Gentleman, probably The Reverend Richard Noel-Hill, 4th Baron Berwick of Attingham (1774-1848) by Richard Beard (East Stonehouse, Devon 1801 - 1885), 1841/48. A monochrome head and shoulder oval portrait of a middle aged gentleman, turned to the right and wearing a dark coat, waistcoat and white stock.
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
BEARD PATENTEE (gilt-metal slip stamped)
Makers and roles
Richard Beard (East Stonehouse, Devon 1801 - Hampstead, London 1885), manufacturer