STURROCK'S CELEBRATED TOM
John Horsburgh (Prestonpans 1791 - Edinburgh 1869)
Category
Photographs
Date
1860
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
88 mm (H)59 mm (W)
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889256.21
Summary
Studio photograph of a large tabby and white cat lying on top of a carved piece of furniture. c.1860 Contained in a photograph album with front cover in leather embossed with diamond design in black with gold decoration, brass bound edges with knob for clip; the spine and back cover are missing.
Provenance
From photographs identified this album belonged to a member of the family and was a gift of the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
(printed on reverse under hand holding sun) J. Horsburgh/PHOTOGRAPHER/17/Princes Street/EDINBURGH (and) NEGATIVE PRESERVED/Life Size Portraits finished in Oil
Makers and roles
John Horsburgh (Prestonpans 1791 - Edinburgh 1869), photographer