Nice, Excelsior Hotel
N. D.
Category
Photographs
Date
1895
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
119 mm (H)184 mm (W)
Place of origin
Nice
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889234.18
Summary
Photograph looking up to the Excelsior Hotel in Nice, showing a very large six-storey building with towers, a garden with palms in front, a balustraded wall with steps leading up from road to ornate gateway. Contained in a red leather photograph album with gold tooling on spine and front cover. c.1895 See also LAN.PH.1488.73
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, 1883-1966, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953, and continued to live there with his sisters, Everilda and Violet, until his death in 1966. The family stayed at the Hotel du Cap Martin in Menton in 1914 from the end of February until mid April.
Marks and inscriptions
(in white on photograph) 585 Nice. - Excelsior Hotel Regina ND Phot.
Makers and roles
N. D., photographer