Photograph
Category
Photographs
Date
1860
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
91 mm (H)54 mm (W)
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889256.31
Summary
Studio photograph, head and shoulders, of a young woman, looking left, her hair in chignon, her right hand to her face. She wears a dark dress with frill at wrist and on bodice, and a pendant on dark ribbon. 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.