The Hon. Constance Margaret Agar- Robartes (1890-1936) in her Presentation Dress
Category
Photographs
Date
1910
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
195 mm (H)151 mm (W)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 887901
Summary
Studio photograph of young woman, the Hon. Constance Agar-Robartes, in presentation dress standing on carpeted steps by upholstered and carved chair. She wears a white dress with train, short puffed sleeves and beading and embroidery around hem and neck, a sprig of flowers at her waist. She wears a veil and three ostrich feathers in her hair, and long white gloves. The train is spread out over steps with bunches of flowers amongst the folds, she holds a large bouquet of similar flowers in her left hand. c.1910 In brown mount.
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
(in pencil on gummed label) 4 copies