Photograph
James Russell & Sons
Category
Photographs
Date
1862
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
89 mm (H)56 mm (W)
Place of origin
Chichester
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889240.30
Summary
Studio photograph, full length, of a woman, Philippa Dickinson, wearing a light coloured dress with slight train, dark belt and buttons on the bodice, a dark ribbon tied at the back of her neck. Her hands are clasped together and rest on an ornate piece of furniture on the right of the photograph. Plain background with curtain on the right and a stool behind her on the left. Patterned carpet on floor. c. 1865 Contained in small brown leather album with two ornate brass clasps and a small brass shield on front with three engraved initials, SCD. (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 in red on reverse) HONORABLE MENTION/INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.1862/J. RUSSELL AND SONS/Photographers/East Street,/CHICHESTER/LIFE SIZE PORTRAIT GALLERY/PICTURE FRAME MANUFACTORY (and) Copies can alway be had
Makers and roles
James Russell & Sons, photographer