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Robert Faulkner & CO.
Category
Photographs
Date
1878 (circa)
Materials
Measurements
104 x 63 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890099.10
Summary
An oval studio portrait of a baby, about a year old, wearing lace dress with short sleeves and a sash, socks and button shoes. Plain background. Contained in a faded black leather bound album, embossed in diamond pattern with gold tooling and with brass clasp.
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, 1883-1966, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953 and continued to live there with his sisters, Everilda and Violet, until his death in 1966. The album is thought to have belonged to Mary Dickinson, later Viscountess Clifden, containing family photographs.
Marks and inscriptions
On mount below photograph: (printed in black) R. FAULKNER & Co. PHOTOGRAPHERS, etc. / COPY-RIGHT. On reverse: (hand written) 43367 On rverse: (printed in black) ROBERT FAULKNER & Co. / ARTISTS & PHOTOGRAPHERS, / 21 Baker Street / PORTMAN SQUARE, / LONDON. / FROM 46, KENSINGTON GARDENS SQUARE, / BAYSWATER. / No. OF NEGATIVE (43367) / FROM THIS NEGATIVE WHICH WILL BE / CAREFULLY PRESERVED ENLARGEMENTS / FINISHED IN OIL,WATER COLORS, CRAYONS, / OR IN IMPERISHABLE & BEAUTIFUL ENAMEL / CAN BE MADE AT ANY TIME.
Makers and roles
Robert Faulkner & CO., manufacturer