Portrait
Photogr. Artistique G. Lekegian & Co.
Category
Photographs
Date
1900 (circa)
Materials
Measurements
275 x 209 mm
Place of origin
Cairo
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890134.45
Summary
A professional photograph of a woman in local dress, Egyptian (?), only her eyes showing above light coloured veil and what looks like a painted backdrop of street scene behind. Contained in a brown leather photograph album with tooled pattern on spine and front and back covers containing thirty six pages with gold blocked edges and holding seventy six photographs. c.1900
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, later 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 family were great travellers and travelled throughout Europe.
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom of photograph: (in white) No.123 [ ] Caire Voilee (?) Phot. Art. G. Lekegian.&. [Co ].
Makers and roles
Photogr. Artistique G. Lekegian & Co., manufacturer