Photograph
Catford Bros.
Category
Photographs
Date
1870
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
92 mm (H)59 mm (W)
Place of origin
Ilfracombe
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889241.9
Summary
Studio photograph, half length, of a woman, leaning her arms on a balustrade with only her left hand visible. She wears a dark fur jacket with a striped bow at her neck and a locket. Her hair is in a large chignon and she wears a hat with veil down her back. 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) PHOTOGRAPHERS/Catford Brothers/Portland St./ILFRACOME./NEGATIVES KEPT/COPIES MAY ALWAYS BE HAD/ENLARGED OR REDUCED COPIES OF THIS/CAN BE HAD ON APPLICATION.
Makers and roles
Catford Bros., photographer