Photograph
Carl Hawkins (photographer) Brighton
Category
Photographs
Date
1870
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
93 mm (H)60 mm (W)
Place of origin
Brighton
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889241.12
Summary
Studio photograph as an oval, of the head and shoulders of a young boy with centre parting and flopping fringe of hair. He wears a light jacket with dark tie. Vignette. 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 around drawing of painter's palette, easel and camera) BRIGHTON SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY/C.HAWKINS/ROYAL POLYTECHNIC/309, Regent Street/LONDON.W./AND/32, 33 and 38, Preston Street/BRIGHTON. (and) Negatives kept. Copies or enlargements/can be made at any time.
Makers and roles
Carl Hawkins (photographer) Brighton, photographer