Mrs. Dickinson
Camille Silvy (Nogent-le-Rotrou 1834 - Saint-Maurice 1910) [photographer], London
Category
Photographs
Date
1862
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
95 mm (H)59 mm (W)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889256.24
Summary
Studio photograph, full length, of a woman, Mrs. Dickinson, in a large dark watered silk crinoline and a dark shawl. She is standing with her right shoulder to the camera in front of a carved cupboard with curtain on left of photograph, a book and vase with ivy on top of the cupboard. To the right is a high carved upholstered stool with book. Wall hanging and panelling behind, a patterned carpet on floor. 1862. See also LAN.PH.1493.1 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
(in ink on reverse) 1862.
Makers and roles
Camille Silvy (Nogent-le-Rotrou 1834 - Saint-Maurice 1910) [photographer], London, photographer