Photograph
Richard Preston (1768-1850)
Category
Photographs
Date
1880
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
141 mm (H)100 mm (W)
Place of origin
Penzance
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889730.3
Summary
Studio photograph, half length, of a man with grey hair and moustache and whiskers, wearing matching dark jacket and waistcoat with dark spotted tie; a watch chain visible on waistcoat. c.1880 In brown leather album/frame with each leaf/page decorated with printed ivy leaves; spaces for ten photographs, but only four used.
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
(printed below photograph) Preston (underlined) PENZANCE.
Makers and roles
Richard Preston (1768-1850), photographer