Negative on glass
Frederick Holmes
Category
Photographs
Date
4 Oct 1912
Materials
Glass
Measurements
165 x 120 x 2 mm
Place of origin
Mere
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732667
Summary
Half plate glass negative, Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865-1947), Alda Weston, Lady Hoare (1861-1947), Henry Colt Arthur Hoare (1888-1917), and their flat-coated retriever Sweep (d. 1920), Frederick Holmes, Mere, Wiltshire, England, 4 October 1912. With an associated cardboard box, The Imperial Dry Plate Co., Ltd., for Special Rapid negatives. A print taken from this negative (732591) is annotated in Lady Hoare's handwriting 'Alda, Harry, & Henry Hoare, & Sweep / "Silver Wedding" day / Oct. 4th 1912 / - at Stourhead' and another (732421) 'Photo by Holmes, Mere' on the reverse.
Provenance
Taken at Stourhead, 4 October 1912. Bequeathed by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947), 1946.
Makers and roles
Frederick Holmes, photographer