Photograph
Thomas Fall (1833 - 1900)
Category
Photographs
Date
Unknown
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
151 mm (H)104 mm (W)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889242.12
Summary
Studio photograph, head and shoulders, of an old woman wearing a bonnet with dark crepe veil and ribbons, similar to her dress which has a white collar. Vignette. c.1885. 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 on reverse with flower stem and butterflies) THOS. FALL/PHOTOGRAPHER/9 and 10 BAKER STREET/PORTMAN SQURE/W. (and) DAGUERREOTYPES, PHOTOGRAPHS AND PICTURES OF/EVERY DESCRIPTION ENLARGED IN PERMANENT CARBON, OILS,/CRASYON, AND WATER COLOUR, ALSO ON PORCELAIN AND IVORY.
Makers and roles
Thomas Fall (1833 - 1900), photographer