Athenaeum, May 1914: includingThe Hon. Cecil Edward Agar-Robartes (1892-1939) with dog
Thomas Stearn & Sons [photographers] Cambridge
Category
Photographs
Date
May 1914
Materials
Glass, Oak, Photographic paper
Measurements
216 x 272 mm
Place of origin
Cambridge
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 881825
Summary
Framed and mounted black and white photograph, entitled Atheanaeum, May 1914, showing a group of nineteen young men, standing and seated, with two dogs, outside brick building. The names of the group are written beneath. From left to right, back row, G.H.Allgood. Marquess of Hartington. G.Birkbeck. K.Gladstone. Middle row; R.J.F.Chance. M.C.Lawrence. W.Holland Hibbert. G.K.Dunning. A.Milburn. I.M.Hedley (with dog); front row, seated, A.W.H.James. T.Guthrie. G.L.Davies. O.J.Lawrence. Hon C.E.Agar-Robartes (with dog). M.Field. J.P.Walker. O.Lyttelton. R.S.Clarke. Photograph numbered LAN.PH.5221 as all photographs have individual PH numbers. Albumen print, mounted on an off-white mount board. The mount board has a plate mark and beige printed surround around the photograph. There are painted captions on the mount. "Stearn and Sons" and "Cambridge" are printed on the mount. There is a pencil inscription on the reverse (as caption). the frame is oak with a gilt slip and a wooden backboard. The backboard is held with paper strips and nails. There is a paper label stuck to the backboard printed: From Stearn and Sons, Artists and Photographers, 72 Bridge Street, Cambridge". "Hon. C.E. Agar Robartes" is written in ink on the label. "Rt. Hon" is written in pencil.
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953 and lived there with his sisters, Everilda and Violet, until his death in 1966.
Marks and inscriptions
On mount above and below photograph: (above photograph painted in black around red crest of owl within belt) Athenaeum. / May 1914. (below photograph handwritten in blue) the names of the young men (printed at bottom of mount) Stearn & Sons, Cambridge. On reverse : stick-on label (printed) Telephone 677. FROM / STEARN & SONS, / ARTISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS, / 72, BRIDGE STREET, CAMBRIDGE. (hand written in ink) Hon. C.E. Agar Robartes. / (hand written in pencil) Rt Hay
Makers and roles
Thomas Stearn & Sons [photographers] Cambridge, photographer