Photograph
James Russell & Sons
Category
Photographs
Date
1895
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
136 x 98 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889747.10
Summary
Studio photograph, full length, of an elderly woman in dark dress and lace cap, possibly Mrs. Dickinson. She sits on a chair between two tables, a vase of lily of the valley on the right hand table and her right hand rests on a book beside the vase. A folding screen stands behind her. c.1895 One of twelve photographs in folding red and gilt leather frame.
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953 and lived in the house until his death in 1966.
Marks and inscriptions
(printed on reverse) PHOTOGRAPHERS TO H.M. THE QUEEN./H.R.H. THE/PRINCE OF WALES (Royal coat of arms) H.R.H. THE/PRINCESS OF WALES/THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE DUKES OF YORK, SAXE COBURG GOTHA/CONNAUGHT AND CAMBRIDGE/DUCHESSES OF YORK, SAXE COBURG GOTHA, CONNAUGHT AND TECK./(coat of arms)EMPEROR AND EMPRESS/OF GERMANY/THEIR MAJESTIES(coat of arms)THE KING AND QUEEN/OF DENMARK/(coat of arms)EMPEROR AND EMPRESS/OF RUSSIA/(coat of arms)KING AND CROWN PRINCE/AND PRINCESS OF ROUMANIA/J. Russell and Sons (underlined)/17/BAKER STREET,/PORTMAN SQUARE.W.AND/13,HIGH STREET,/WINDSOR./(2 medallions)/ESTABLISHED 1852./W.HERRMANN AND CO. BERLIN
Makers and roles
James Russell & Sons, photographer