The four eldest Agar-Robartes children with their brother, John, who died at the age of six months. From left to right: The Hon. Julia Caroline Everilda Agar-Robartes (1881-1969); (seated) the Hon. Mary Vere Agar-Robartes, later the Hon. Mrs. Yarde-Buller (1879-1946), with the Hon. John Agar-Robartes (1884) on her lap; the Hon.Francis Gerald Agar-Robartes, later 7th Viscount Clifden (1885-1966), standing on a chair; and on the right the Hon. Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes, later Captain the Hon. Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes, M.P.(1880-1915).
Window and Grove [photographers] London
Category
Photographs
Date
1884
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
165 x 109 mm
Place of origin
Portman Square
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 885147
Summary
A black and white photograph of the four eldest Agar-Robartes children with their brother, John, who died at the age of six months. From left to right: The Hon. Everilda Agar-Robartes, 1881-1969; (seated) the Hon. Mary Vere Agar-Robartes, later the Hon. Mrs. Yarde-Buller, 1879-1946, with the Hon. John Agar-Robartes (1884) on her lap; the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, later 7th Viscount Clifden, 1885-1966, standing on a chair; and on the right the Hon. Tommy Agar-Robartes, later Captain the Hon. Tommy Agar-Robartes, M.P. 1880-1915. One of five black and white family photographs of the Agar-Robartes family in single wooden frame. (LAN.D.167, 881922).
Provenance
Acquired during transfer of the house to the National Trust. This is one of the few photographs of the baby the Hon. John Radnor, who died at the age of 6 months.
Marks and inscriptions
(on reverse) : (printed in black) WINDOW & GROVE / PHOTOGRAPHERS TO THE ROYAL FAMILY / 63A BAKER ST. PORTMAN SQUARE, / LONDON N.W. / THE NEGATIVE OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS PRESERVED / FROM WHICH ENLARGEMENTS OR FURTHER COPIES / CAN ALWAYS BE OBTAINED
Makers and roles
Window and Grove [photographers] London, photographer