Photograph
John Jones (fl.1861)
Category
Photographs
Date
1861
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
53 mm (H)94 mm (W)
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889240.38
Summary
Photograph of a group of four people outside a large country house with an entrance porch supported by four small pillars. Four sash windows visible on ground floor. Two women wearing dark crinolines, one with hat, stand on the left of the photograph, a woman riding sidesaddle, possibly Philippa Dickinson, stands in the centre and a man in a bowler hat and coat draped over his left arm is on the right. See also LAN.PH.1525.27 Contained in small brown leather album with two ornate brass clasps and a small brass shield on front with three engraved initials, SCD. c.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
(impressed below photograph)JONES,/PHOT., (and) SOMERTON.
Makers and roles
John Jones (fl.1861), photographer