Photograph
Hills and Saunders Limited [photographers]
Category
Photographs
Date
1861
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
86 mm (H)55 mm (W)
Place of origin
Oxford
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889240.26
Summary
Photograph, full length, of a woman wearing a dark crinoline with leg of mutton sleeves and a band of ruching near the hem, standing outside a building with dressed stone facing. She holds the back of a turned chair with her left hand and a feather trimmed hat in her right. 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) HILLS AND SAUNDERS/Photographers to /(Prince of Wales feathers)/ H.R.H./ The Prince of Wales. (on left) 16 Corn Market St./11 Worcester Place,/OXFORD/ (on right) 108 and 109,/High Street,/ETON.
Makers and roles
Hills and Saunders Limited [photographers] , photographer