Two young girls; seated on the left is Mary Dickinson, later Viscountess Clifden (1853-1921) and her sister Edith Dickinson
Alfred Henry Bool (1844 - 1926)
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 (circa)
Materials
Measurements
103 x 63 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890102.4
Summary
A studio photograph of two young girls; seated on the left is Mary Dickinson, later Viscountess Clifden, 1853-1921, and standing on the right behind a table on which sits a small black dog, is her sister, Edith Dickinson. They both wear identical dresses, pale with dark striped trimming and dark buttons. Beneath the pedestal table can be seen arum lilies. Plain background and plain carpet, a darker plain curtain on the right. Contained in a tan coloured leather photograph album, elaborately tooled in black with brass clasp and containing twenty five gilt edged pages with eighty photographs, some of the Dickinson family. c. 1870
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 reverse: (printed) A. & J. BOOL / Artist Photographers, / 86, Warwick Street, / & 14, STOCKBRIDGE TERRACE, / OPPOSITE VICTORIA STATION / PIMLICO, S.W. / Copies can / always be had.
Makers and roles
Alfred Henry Bool (1844 - 1926), manufacturer