Boulogne-sur-Mer - La Plage et le Casino
N D Phot [photographer]France
Category
Photographs
Date
1880 (circa)
Materials
Measurements
147 x 279 mm
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890134.67
Summary
A professional photograph of the beach and the casino at Boulogne. Many people are sitting on the beach, either on the sand or in deck chairs under the cover of wind breaks and there is a collection of bathing machines on the left of the photograph. Beyond are houses and hill with castellated church. 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
Top of photograph: (printed in black) 3766 BOULOGNE-SUR-MER. - LA PLAGE ET LE CASINO Bottom right: (printed in black) ND Photo
Makers and roles
N D Phot [photographer]France, manufacturer