Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, later 6th Viscount Clifden (1844-1930) standing on the left
S. Hutchings [photographer] Axminster
Category
Photographs
Date
1860
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
85 mm (H)52 mm (W)
Place of origin
Axminster
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889256.4
Summary
Studio photograph of two young men, one standing beside the other who sits on a studded leather upholstered chair. The man on the left, the Hon. Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, later 6th Viscount Clifden, 1844-1930, wears a dark jacket over pale trousers and waistcoat, shirt and tie, and a tall stove pipe hat. He stands with his left leg across his right with his left hand resting on the back of the chair and holding a cane in his right. The man sitting on the chair is bare headed and he wears a dark jacket and waistcoat with watch chain and pale trousers. 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) S. HUTCHINGS./PHOTOGRAPHER/AXMINSTER. (and) No. / Negatives kept. Copies may be obtained at any time.
Makers and roles
S. Hutchings [photographer] Axminster, photographer