Constance Lucy Dorrien Magens (1868-1938)
James Russell & Sons
Category
Photographs
Date
Aug 1869
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
90 mm (H)56 mm (W)
Place of origin
Chichester
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889241.1
Summary
Studio photograph, full length, of a todler, Constance Lucy Dorrien Magens, daughter of Lucy Dickinson and William Henry Dorrien Magens, on floral upholstered chair. She wears a dress and shoes, and is leaning forward looking straight at the camera. August 1869. Contained in a small brown leather album with single brass clasp engraved Octr. 3rd./1871.
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 in mauve) HONORABLE MENTION/INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.1862./J. RUSSELL AND SONS/Photographers/ (photographer's mark) East Street,/CHICHESTER./LIFE SIZE PORTRAIT GALLERY/PICTURE FRAME MANUFACTORY (and) Copies can alway be had
Makers and roles
James Russell & Sons, photographer