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Gillman & Co. Ltd
Category
Photographs
Date
1908 (circa)
Materials
Measurements
263 x 358 mm
Place of origin
Oxford
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889930.25
Summary
A formal photograph of a large gathering of men and women in evening dress outside a college building with six archways visible and six sash windows above, five with window boxes. The Hon. Victor Agar-Robartes, later 8th Viscount Clifden, 1887-1974, can be seen standing tenth from the left in the third row, with his mother, Mary Dickinson, later Viscountess Clifden, 1853-1921, and his sister, the Hon. Violet Agar-Robartes, 1888-1965, beside him . 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