Eton Society 1906: including The Hon. Arthur Victor Agar Robartes, 8th Viscount Clifden (1887-1974)
Category
Photographs
Date
1906
Materials
Glass, Oak, Photographic paper
Measurements
384 x 459 mm
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 882149
Summary
Photograph, Eton Society 1906: including The Hon. Arthur Victor Agar Robartes, 8th Viscount Clifden (1887-1974). Framed black and white school photograph of members of the Eton Society in 1906 standing and sitting on steps outside building at Eton with the names of the 29 young men written below photograph. 'Agar Robartes' written in pencil on back of mount. Back row left to right: H.S.E. Bury, N.E. Barber, C.Clifton-Brown, G.M.E. Lucas, C.L. Boxall, Hon. A.V. Agar-Robartes, .P.P. Gregory, R.A. Knox. Third row: A.W.F. Donkin, H.B. Robson, R.C.N. Ashton, H.J. Hodgson, R.H.A. Carter, Hon. J.H.F. Grenfell, R.G.G. Robson, Hon. C.A. Lister, G.R.L. Anderson. Second row: R.G.D. Laffan, R.V. Gibbs, Hon. A.B. Lyon, W. Rowle, A.J. Jameson. Front row: C.A. Gold (standing) N.C. Tufnell, C.E. Hatfeild, Hon. D.G. Finch Hatton, P.M.N. Wroughton, J.R. Somers-Smith, E.G. Williams (standing). Also listed under LAN.PH.5188 as all photographs have individual PH inventory numbers. Albumen print on a supporting mount and behind a window mount of off-white mount board. The two mounts are glued firmly together. The frame is stained oak. The mount is decorated with watercolours and captions have been written in the lower border of the mount. These have been reinforced with "biro". The mount has a gilded bevel edge. "Hill and Saunders" "Eton" has been blind stamped on the mount. On the back of the mount there is pencil writing "Agar Robartes" "Fit in own frame". There is a wooden backing board which covers only part of the frame. "Hon Agar Robartes" is written in pencil on this. SC 2003.
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953 and continued to live there with his sisters, Everilda and Violet, until his death in 1966.
Marks and inscriptions
On mount above photograph: (hand painted on ribbon with shield) Eton Society / 1906 On mount below photograph: (handwritten in pencil and then overwritten in ink) names of boys - see brief description On back of mount: (handwritten in pencil, faded) Agar Robartes