Photograph
John Burton & Sons
Category
Photographs
Date
1870
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
93 mm (H)59 mm (W)
Place of origin
Leicester
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889241.45
Summary
Studio photograph, half length, of an old woman, possibly Mrs. Carey, mother of Mrs. Dickinson who was the mother of Mary Dickinson, later Viscountess Clifden, 1853-1921, seated, with her right hand resting on a covered table, her left hand in her lap. She wears a dark, beaded lacy cap and a dark beaded and fringed dress with white collar and cuffs with a brooch at the neck. Plain background. Printed as an oval. 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) UNDER ROYAL PATRONGE/JOHN BURTON AND SONS,/PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ARTISTS,/LEICESTER,/BURTON-ON-TRENT,OAKHAM,/AND/MELTON MOWBRAY.
Makers and roles
John Burton & Sons, photographer