Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden (1844-1930)
Ch. Reutlinger [photographer] Paris
Category
Photographs
Date
1878 (circa)
Materials
Measurements
104 x 63 mm
Place of origin
Paris
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890099.6
Summary
An oval studio portrait, head and shoulders, of the Hon. Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, later Viscount Clifden,1844-1930, with full beard and moustache, his hair receding. He wears a jacket and waistcoat with piping on reveres and a paler tie with pin. 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
Below photograph: : (printed) CH. REUTLINGER. PHOTOG. On reverse: (printed amongst maker's mark) CH. REUTLINGER / PHOTOGRAPHE / 21, Boulevard Montmartre, 21 / PARIS. / 1876 / Les Clithes sont conserves pendant 10 ans. / Par suite, pendant cetter periode de temps, / on peut toujours se procurer de nouvelles / epreuves de Cartes & Portraits sans reposer.
Makers and roles
Ch. Reutlinger [photographer] Paris, manufacturer