Maud Mary Lyttelton
W. Field & Co.
Category
Photographs
Date
Sep 1882
Materials
Measurements
102 x 62 mm
Place of origin
Putney
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890099.27
Summary
A studio portrait, nearly full length, of a young fair haired child, Maud Mary Lyttelton aged 2 years and 2 months, sitting in a rustic chair clasping a small white terrier-type puppy. She is wearing a frilled dress with dark bows. 1882 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) W. FIELD & Co. / PHOTOGRAPHERS 9, HIGH ST. / PUTNEY, S.W. On reverse: (handwritten in ink) Maud Mary Lyttelton / aged 2 years & 2 months / Sept 1882 On reverse: (printed in brown) PHOTOGRAPHED / by / WField & Co (underlined) / ARTISTS / 9, HIGH ST. / PUTNEY / S.W. / No.......
Makers and roles
W. Field & Co. , manufacturer