Venezia Ortica, the Governess, Lanhydrock
Category
Photographs
Date
1898 (circa)
Materials
Measurements
79 x 79 mm
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 886561.50
Summary
A photograph of the governess, Mlle. Venezia Ortica, standing on a gravel path outside Lanhydrock a tit-bit held out in her hand and a white dog, a smooth coated terrier, begging in front of her. She wears a dark skirt and bodice with white lace collar, cuffs and front insert. The dog has a dark collar. Contained in an olive green Kodak photograph album containing family photographs, c.1898
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, 1883-1966, who gave the house to the National Trust in 1953 and continued to live there until his death.