Photograph
John Barratt (b.1816)
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 (circa)
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
105 x 63 mm
Place of origin
Torquay
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890102.41
Summary
Studio photograph, head and shoulders, of a man with moustache and full beard which hides much of front of clothing. He wears a dark jacket and waistcoat. 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
Below photograph on mount: (printed in brown) BARRATT. TORQUAY. On reverse: (written in ink) 7569 On reverse: (printed in brown) J. Barratt / 1, Cary Parade / TORQUAY / A BEAUTIFUL ENLARGED PORTAIT IN COLOUR OR SEPIA, / OR SUPPLIES OF CARTES CAN BE HAD FROM THE NEGATIVE / No. (7569)
Makers and roles
John Barratt (b.1816), photographer