Augustus John Smith (1804-1872)
Robert H. Preston [photographer] Penzance
Category
Photographs
Date
6 Sep 1873
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
97 mm (H)60 mm (W)
Place of origin
Penzance
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889241.43
Summary
Studio photograph, three-quarter length, of a portly man with sideburns, Augustus Smith, a cousin of the Dickinson family (?), who lived in the Abbey on Trescoe, Isles of Scilly. He is sitting on a chair holding papers in his right hand and wears the regalia of the Freemasons, a chain, apron and gauntlets, over a dark suit and white tie. Plain background. 6 September 1873. 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 with photographer's mark) ROBT. H. PRESTON/Photographer/TO THE PRINCE/AND PRINCESS OF WALES/PENZANCE
Makers and roles
Robert H. Preston [photographer] Penzance, photographer