Group in front of a cricket pavilion. The Hon. Arthur Victor Agar-Robartes, later 8th Viscount Clifden (1887-1974), stands back row, second from right, wearing a striped blazer and scarf with a hat with upturned brim
Gillman & Co. Ltd
Category
Photographs
Date
1906 (circa)
Materials
Measurements
267 x 361 mm
Place of origin
Oxford
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889930.22
Summary
A photograph of a group of twenty young men standing and sitting in front of a cricket pavilion with wooden balustrade and plain glass windows with a dog, a black retriever, in front. They are all dressed in sports clothes and two right wear cricket pads. The Hon. Victor Agar-Robartes, later 8th Viscount Clifden, 1887-1974, stands centre back wearing a striped blazer and scarf with a hat with upturned brim. Several smoke either a pipe or a cigarette. Contained in a black and gold photograph album relating to the Hon. Victor Agar-Robartes, 1887-1974 and his time at University.
Provenance
This photograph album relates to the time the Hon. Victor Agar-Robartes,1887-1974, later 8th Viscount Clifden, spent at Brasenose College, Oxford University, c.1906-1909, and was given either by him or by his elder brother, the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 1883-1964, later 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom right of photograph: (embossed in oval) GILLMAN & CO. / S. ALDATES.OXFORD
Makers and roles
Gillman & Co. Ltd, manufacturer