Roland Vicary Gibbs (1887-1909)
Category
Photographs
Date
1908
Materials
Glass, Human hair, Photographic paper, Silver, Wood
Measurements
86 mm (H)58 mm (W)105 mm (H)79 mm (W)
Place of origin
Oxford
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889707
Summary
An oval photograph, head and shoulders, of a young man, Roland Vicary Gibbs, possibly in the dress of the Bullingdon Club, white lapels to his jacket and pale bow tie. c.1908 In silver and wooden frame with oval glazed medallion set into the back in which is a lock of brown hair. Inscribed on reverse Roland Vicary Gibbs / Born March 6 1887 Died July 19 1909.
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
On back of frame: Roland Vicary Gibbs/Born March 6 1887 Died July 19 1909 Hallmark