Photograph
John Jones (fl.1861)
Category
Photographs
Date
1861
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
86 mm (H)57 mm (W)
Place of origin
Somerton
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889240.36
Summary
Photograph of an old woman sitting on a chair in the doorway of a building looking straight at the camera. She wears a light coloured cap and apron and a dark cloak. She holds an open book in her lap. 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) J. JONES,/PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST, Etc.,/NEW STREET,/SOMERTON.
Makers and roles
John Jones (fl.1861), photographer