Photograph
G. & R. Lavis
Category
Photographs
Date
1861
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
91 mm (H)58 mm (W)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889240.34
Summary
Studio photograph, full length, of a young woman, see also LAN.PH.1493.2/3, a Dickinson?, standing at an ornate side table holding a potted fern. She is wearing a checked crinoline with white trim and buttons. Plain background with 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 in red on reverse) G and R Lavis/PHOTOGRAPHERS AND/MINIATURE PAINTERS/135, REGENT ST./W.
Makers and roles
G. & R. Lavis, photographer