The Hon. Edith Violet Kathleen Agar-Robartes (1888-1965) and her sister The Hon. Constance Margaret Agar- Robartes (1890-1936)
F. T. Palmer
Category
Photographs
Date
1898
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
141 mm (H)102 mm (W)
Place of origin
St. Lawrence-on-Sea
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889421
Summary
Studio photograph of two girls in white frilled dresses, bows in their hair and flowers in their laps, one sitting, the Hon. Violet Agar-Robartes, 1888-1965, and one standing beside her, the Hon. Constance Agar-Robartes, 1890-1936. A tree stump in foreground with backdrop of palms and flowers. c.1898 See also 890141.6.
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953, and remained living in the house until his death in 1966.
Marks and inscriptions
(printed on reverse) (monogram) / FRED. T. PALMER/PHOTOGRAPHER/Granville Marina Studios/ST. LAWRENCE ON SEA./THANET./NEGATIVES KEPT/COPIES CAN ALWAYS BE OBTAINED/This or any other Portrait/enlarged up to life size, and painted in/Oil, or Water colours to order./PLEASE QUOTE THIS NO. (in ink) 13781A/WHEN ORDERING COPIES.
Makers and roles
F. T. Palmer, photographer