Photograph
George R. Mansfield (fl.1860s) [photographer] Dublin
Category
Photographs
Date
1861
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
92 mm (H)60 mm (W)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889240.27
Summary
Studio photograph, full length, of a man with large sideburns dressed in uniform. He holds his sword in his left hand and his cap/shako in his right. Plain background with draped curtain on right, a patterned floor. 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 within crown over circle) PATRONIZED BY THE QUEEN AND EARL OF CARLISLE/GEORGE MANSFIELD/90/GRAFTON ST./DUBLIN
Makers and roles
George R. Mansfield (fl.1860s) [photographer] Dublin, photographer