Photograph
J. R. Browning
Category
Photographs
Date
1873
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
142 mm (H)100 mm (W)
Place of origin
Exeter
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889242.10
Summary
Photograph - Studio portrait, three-quarter length, of a young woman with whispy curled fringe, wearing a dark high-necked dress with crimped white inner collar and brooch. She stands in front of a heavily patterned curtain, her right hand on her waist, her left hand resting on a vase on a pedestal containing peacock feathers. A potted palm in bottom right hand corner. . c.1873 See also LAN.PH.1495.3 Contained in brown leather album with single brass clasp containing twenty gold edged pages, forty sides, with slip-in sections for cabinet size photos.
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 brown on reverse) J Browning/11, Bedford Circus,/Exeter./This picture can be enlarged to any size and a/valuable painting produced in Oil, Crayon, or/Water Color./Copies can always be had.
Makers and roles
J. R. Browning, photographer