Photograph
W. H. Dunstan and Co. [photographer] Falmouth
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 (circa)
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
103 x 63 mm
Place of origin
Falmouth
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890102.40
Summary
Studio photograph of a young man in military uniform with a jacket with same coloured frogging on front and on sleeves, and a round cap sat at an angle on his head. He carries a pair of pale gloves in his right hand and a sword in his left. He is leaning on a book which sits on the top of a desk. Plain background and floor. 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 in gold) Artists and / Photographrs / W.H. Dunstan & Co. / 9, BERKELEY VALE, / FALMOUTH. / THIS PICTURE CAN BE ENLARGED TO ANY SIZE AND A VALUABLE / PAINTING PRODUCED ON PAPER OR CANVAS
Makers and roles
W. H. Dunstan and Co. [photographer] Falmouth, photographer