Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden (1844-1930) with his three sons as boys: Captain, The Hon.Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes, MP (1880-1915), The Hon. Francis Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden (1883-1966) and The Hon. Arthur Victor Agar Robartes, 8th Viscount Clifden (1887-1974)
Fred T. Palmer [photographer] Kingston upon Thames
Category
Photographs
Date
1889
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
136 x 98 mm
Place of origin
Kingston upon Thames
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889747.2
Summary
Studio photograph of a bearded man sitting between two young boys and a toddler on his lap. The Hon. Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, later 6th Viscount Clifden, 1844-1930, is wearing a tweed jacket and corduroy trousers and holds the Hon. Victor Agar-Robartes, later 8th Viscount Clifden, 1887-1974, in lace dress, on his lap. Kneeling on the left of the photograph is the Hon. Tommy Agar-Robartes, later the Hon. Captain the Hon. Tommy Agar Robartes, M.P., 1880-1915, and to the right, standing with his left arm around the back of a small carved chair, is the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, later 7th Viscount Clifden, 1883-1966. Both boys wear pale suits with short trousers, bow ties and dark stockings and shoes. c.1889 See also LAN.PH.1502.2. 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) PLEASE QUOTE THIS No.(and in ink) 8736/WHEN ORDERING COPIES/FRED. T. PALMER./Photographer./CLARENCE STUDIOS,/ Kingston on Thames,/72, George St., Croydon,/258 Brixton Hill, S.W./Granville Marina, Ramsgate/SPECIALITE CHILDREN./ADDITIONAL COPIES MAY BE HAD/ENLARGEMENTS MADE TO ANY SIZE AND FINISHED/IN OIL, WATER COLOR OR CRAYONS. W. Herrmann and Co., Berlin.
Makers and roles
Fred T. Palmer [photographer] Kingston upon Thames, photographer