Beefsteak Club 1919
Thomas Stearn & Sons [photographers] Cambridge
Category
Photographs
Date
1919
Materials
Measurements
210 x 290 mm
Place of origin
Cambridge
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889928.22
Summary
A photograph of five young men, members of the Beefsteak Club 1919, two standing and three sitting on chairs, outside with a shed/garage behind and two trees between the building and the young men. They all wear dark frock coats with pale waistcoats and white stocks/cravats. The young man in the centre, the Hon. Cecil Agar-Robartes, 1892-1939, is sitting on a chair with a trophy in the shape of a bull's head on a table in front of him. Buildings can be seen top right of the photograph. On the opposite page of the album is written Beefsteak Club, 1919, and their names. Back row, left to right, J.B.W. Jardine and P.I. Pease; and seated, left to right, G.K. Dunning , the Hon. C.E. Agar Robartes, seated in chair with bull's head trophy on table in front of him, and S.A. Judd / Absent K.S.M. Gladstone. Contained in a large red and gold photograph album, inscribed C.E.A-R. 1911-1914.
Provenance
This album belonged to the Hon. Cecil Agar-Robartes, 1892-1939, who was at Magdelene College, Cambridge, 1911-1914. and was given to the National Trust in 1953 by the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, later 7th Viscount Clifden, 1883-1966, who continued to live at Lanhydrock with his sisters, Everilda and Violet, until his death in 1966.
Marks and inscriptions
On opposite page (page 36): (Handwritten in white ink, the title decorated with red and gold) Beefsteak Club 1919 / J.B.W. Jardine. P.I. Pease. / G.K. Dunning. Hon C.E. Agar Robartes. S.A/ Judd. / Absent K.S.M. Gladstone Bottom left of photograph: (embossed and very faint) Stearn & Sons (underlined) / CAMBRIDGE.
Makers and roles
Thomas Stearn & Sons [photographers] Cambridge, manufacturer