Photograph
The Western Morning News Co Ltd
Category
Photographs
Date
1943
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
166 mm (H)217 mm (W)
Place of origin
Plymouth
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889585
Summary
Western Morning News photograph the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, later 7th Viscount Clifden, 1883-1966, and the Hon. Everilda Agar-Robartes, 1880-1969, welcoming American naval officers and a female service woman. On the mantelpiece behind the group is the funeral helmet, LAN.A.2. The Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, and the Hon. Everilda Agar-Robartes hosted a visit to Lanhydrock by American naval officers in 1943.
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, later 7th Viscount Clifden who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953 and continued to live there until his death in 1966.
Marks and inscriptions
(in pencil on reverse) 42
Makers and roles
The Western Morning News Co Ltd, photographer