The Hon. Edith Violet Kathleen Agar-Robartes (1888-1965) and her sister The Hon. Constance Margaret Agar- Robartes (1890-1936), holding hands and riding their bicycles through the archway to the carriage courtyard, Lanhydrock. Cornwall
Category
Photographs
Date
1897
Materials
Measurements
100 x 126 mm
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 886552
Summary
A photograph of two girls riding bicycles through the archway to the carriage courtyard. They are holding hands. On the left is the Hon. Violet Agar-Robartes, 1888-1965, and on the right is the Hon. Constance Agar-Robartes, 1890-1936, Both wear dresses with sashes and boaters. Beyond is the end of the north wing and the formal garden, a terrier lying on the gravel path. One of thirteen modern photographs developed from a previously unseen roll of film taken circa 1897, found in the attics at Lanhydrock 2007.
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, later 7th Viscount Clifden, 1883-1966, who gave the house to the National Trust in 1953. One of thirteen modern photographs developed from a previously unseen roll of film taken circa 1897, found in the attics at Lanhydrock 2007.