Photograph
Weston and Son
Category
Photographs
Date
1870
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
89 mm (H)60 mm (W)
Place of origin
Dover
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889241.8
Summary
Studio photograph, head and shoulders, of a young man, with centre parting, moustache and sideburns. He wears a light jacket and spotted cravat. Vignette. Backdrop of shadowy trees. 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) bird (over) oval within which is writen CRAIGNEZ HONTE (over) PHOTOGRAPHED/From Life by/Lambert Weston and Son,/Waterloo Crescent, Dover;/Sandgate Road, FOLKESTONE.
Makers and roles
Weston and Son, photographer