Eton, Interior
Hills and Saunders Limited [photographers]
Category
Photographs
Date
1896 - 1902
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
210 mm (H)219 mm (W)
Place of origin
Eton
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889245.20
Summary
Photograph of a large group of Eton boys in uniform and wearing top hats standing in courtyard in front of a crenallated two-storey building, a tower just visible behind. Possibly the Hon. Tommy Agar-Robartes, later Captain the Hon. Tommy Agar-Robartes, 1881-1915, standing with his hands in the pockets of his pale trousers and looking at the camera twelve from right. Contained in a rectangular dark red leather album with gold shield on front and gold letters 'F.G.A.-R./1896-1902'.
Provenance
This album belonged to the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
(impressed bottom right) Hills and Saunders/Eton.
Makers and roles
Hills and Saunders Limited [photographers] , photographer