Photograph
Camille Silvy (Nogent-le-Rotrou 1834 - Saint-Maurice 1910) [photographer], London
Category
Photographs
Date
1861
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
86 mm (H)56 mm (W)
Place of origin
Bayswater
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889240.24
Summary
Studio photograph, full length, of a woman wearing a dark crinoline with dark band around hem and a white collar. She holds an open book and stands near painted diamond paned window with curtain draped over table on right of photograph, a carved cupboard visible on the left. Behind her is a painted background, on the floor a patterned carpet. 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) Photographer's mark of stag over circle within which is C.SILVIS EXIENS and in centre backward facing C and an S/PHOTOGRAPHED BY/C.Silvy/38 Porchester Terrace/BAYSWATER.W.
Makers and roles
Camille Silvy (Nogent-le-Rotrou 1834 - Saint-Maurice 1910) [photographer], London, photographer