Photograph
Southwell Brothers (fl.1862-1878) [photographers] London
Category
Photographs
Date
1861
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
90 mm (H)59 mm (W)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889240.23
Summary
Studio photograph, full length, of a man with very bushy sideburns and a balding head. He wears light trousers, a dark waistcoat and a dark jacket done up by the top button. He holds a furled umbrella in his left hand and his right arm rests on a carved bookcase, his top hat resting on a closed book. There is a window and draped curtain on the right, with patterned wallpaper behind and a potted plant on the left in front of the bookcase. Contained in small brown leather album with two ornate brass clasps and a small brass shield on front with three engraved initials, SCD. 1861 (possibly Sophia Dickinson)
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953. This album and photographs belonged to the Dickinson family; Mary Dickinson, 1853-1921, marrying the Hon. Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, later 6th Viscount Clifden, 1844-1921.
Marks and inscriptions
(printed on reverse) SOUTHWELL/BROTHERS/PHOTOGRAPHERS ROYAL,/16 AND 22 BAKER STREET,/LONDON.
Makers and roles
Southwell Brothers (fl.1862-1878) [photographers] London, photographer