Two Eton schoolboys, the one on the left is Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory (1881-1918)
Category
Photographs
Date
1900 (circa)
Materials
Measurements
34 x 34 mm
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 886558.15
Summary
An indistinct photograph of two Eton schoolboys, wearing white ties and tails, the one on the right wearing top hat and carrying something. The youth on the left is Ludovic Heathcoat Amory, who has his hands in his pockets. Buildings on right of photograph. c.1900 Contained in a faded black photograph album with the word 'Photographs' in gilt across front cover and each page containing a square cut out space for photograph.
Provenance
Given by the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, later 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953 and who continued to live in the house with his two sisters, Everilda and Violet, until his death in 1966. The Heathcote-Amory family home was at Knightshayes in Devon and L. Heathcote-Amory is to be seen in many family photographs including the meet held at Lanhydrock for the Hons. Tommy and Everilda Agar-Robartes 21st birthday.