Lanhydrock interior and family
Category
Photographs
Date
1910
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
95 mm (H)124 mm (W)
Place of origin
Bodmin
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889246.1
Summary
Photograph of the Drawing Room at Lanhydrock, north to south, showing the barrel vaulted ceiling with plasterwork and chandelier. The panelled walls are hung with pictures and a mirror at the far end, and the room is crowded with furniture, including a folding screen, photographs and plants. Mary Dickinson, later Viscountess Clifden, 1853-1921, sits on the right holding an open book in her hands and beside her in an open-backed arm chair is a standing male doll. The Hon. Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, later 6th Viscount Clifden, 1844-1930, sits in an armchair on the left with a newspaper on his lap and the Hon. Everilda Agar-Robartes, 1880-1969 is sitting on his left. The Hon. Constance Agar-Robartes, 1890-1936, sits on the arm of a chair in front of the mirror. Contained in a rectangular album with green leatherette cover and brown leather spine. c.1910
Provenance
A family album, possibly belonging to the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
(written in ink below photograph) Lanhydrock