Francis Arthur Dickinson
Window and Grove [photographers] London
Category
Photographs
Date
Sep 1884
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
150 mm (H)105 mm (W)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889242.6
Summary
Photograph - Studio portrait, full length, of a boy, Francis Arthur Dickinson, son of Arthur Dickinson and nephew of Mary, standing beside a two-tier table, his right arm resting on the top, beside which is an upside down top hat; his left arm is in his pocket. He wears a dark waistcoat and jacket, paler trousers and a spotted tie. A newspaper, The Graphic, lies folded on the bottom tier of the table. A fur rug is piled behind him on a stone floor. Plain background. September 1884. 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) WINDOW AND GROVE./PHOTOGRAPHERS TO THE ROYAL FAMILY,/63A. BAKER ST. PORTMAN SQUARE,/LONDON. 1./ THENEGATIVE OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS PRESERVED/FROM WHICH ENLARGEMENTS OR FURTHER COPIES/CAN ALWAYS BE OBTAINED
Makers and roles
Window and Grove [photographers] London, photographer