9th Platoon, No.3 Coy, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards: The Hon. Alexander George Agar-Robartes, MC (1895-1930) seated centre just behind the dog
Frank Colville (1879 - 1947)
Category
Photographs
Date
1915
Materials
Glass, Photographic paper, Wood
Measurements
151 mm (H)202 mm (W)275 mm (H)340 mm (W)
Place of origin
Marlow
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889748
Summary
Formal framed photograph of forty four soldiers, being the 9th Platoon, No.3 Coy, 3rd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, and a dog in field, with trees behind. Seated in centre just behind the dog is the Hon. Alexander Agar-Robartes. Early summer 1915 taken just before leaving for France. On brown mount in wood and gilt frame. See also LAN.PH.151
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
(impressed on front of mount) Frank Colville (underlined) / HIGH ST./MARLOW.
Makers and roles
Frank Colville (1879 - 1947), photographer