Photograph
Samuel Alexander Walker (1841 - 1922)
Category
Photographs
Date
1880
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
147 mm (H)103 mm (W)
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889242.17
Summary
Studio photograph, head and shoulders, of an old woman wearing a cap of feathers, ribbon and lace, tied under her chin with dark ribbons. She wears a dress with ruching round neck and down front and a necklace of large beads. Vignette. c.1880 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 photographer's mark) Samuel A. Walker,/Photographir (sic) Gallery and Studios,/230, Regent Street,/London. (and) PATRONIZED BY/THE/QUEEN,/BISHOPS AND CLERCY./H.R.H.The PRINCE OF WALES,/H.R.H.The DUKE OF EDINBURGH,/H.R.H. PRINCE CHRISTIAN,/PORTRAITS 'AT HOME' A new Application of Photography/introduced by SAMUEL A. WALKER,/SITTERS TAKEN AT THEIR OWN RESIDENCES./Apply for Terms./An enlargement can be made at any time from this negative No.
Makers and roles
Samuel Alexander Walker (1841 - 1922) , photographer