Henry Magens
Robert Irvine (photographer) Aberfeldy
Category
Photographs
Date
1862
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
92 mm (H)57 mm (W)
Place of origin
Aberfeldy
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889256.28
Summary
Studio photograph of a dark haired young man, Henry Magens, kneeling beside a camp fire with kettle. In his right hand is a hard-boiled egg on a spoon which he is holding by the kettle and in his left he holds a pair of bellows. Beside him is a plate with pile of hard-boiled eggs. On the left of the photograph is a table/stool with bottle of wine and hat on it. He wears a pale jacket with handkerchief in top pocket and dark trousers c.1862. 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 in blue on reverse) PHOTOGRAPHED BY/ROBERT IRVINE, WEEM TOLL, (etching of bridge over water within circle and thistles) ABERFELDY (and) No. /NEGATIVES KEPT - COPIES MAY BE [ ]
Makers and roles
Robert Irvine (photographer) Aberfeldy, photographer