Photograph
W. H. Dunstan and Co. [photographer] Falmouth
Category
Photographs
Date
1870
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
96 mm (H)60 mm (W)
Place of origin
Falmouth
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889241.47
Summary
Studio photograph, three-quarter length, of a young man wearing dark uniform with frogging on the jacket, and a pill-box cap, half sitting on a carved stool. He is holding a pair of white gloves in his right hand and his left is resting on his left leg. The hilt of a sword is visible on the right. Plain background. 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 in gold on reverse) Artists and/Photographers/W.H. Dunstan and Co./9 BERKELEY VALE, FALMOUTH. / THIS PICTURE CAN BE ENLARGED TO ANY SIZE AND A VALUABLE/PAINTING PRODUCED ON PAPER OR CANVAS
Makers and roles
W. H. Dunstan and Co. [photographer] Falmouth, photographer