The Drawing Room, Lanhydrock, Cornwall
Photo Precision Ltd
Category
Photographs
Date
1954 (circa)
Materials
Measurements
145 x 213 mm
Place of origin
St Albans
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890162
Summary
A professional black and white photograph of the Drawing Room, Lanhydrock, Cornwall, with rugs on the floors and the Wimpole furniture around the walls. c.1954 See also 890420 - 890423
Provenance
This photograph taken for the National Trust in 1973 showing the house open to the public after the death of the Hon. Everilda Agar-Robartes in 1969. Lanhydrock House had been given to the NT by her brother, the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, later 7th Viscount Clifden, 1885-1966, in 1953, but he and his two sisters had continued to live there until 1969. His brother, the Hon. Victor Agar-Robartes, later the 8th Viscount Clifden, 1887-1974, did not want to live at Lanhydrock.
Marks and inscriptions
On reverse: (stamped in mauve) COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH / PHOTO PRECISION LTD., / HOLYWELL HILL, ST. ALBANS. / No. (in ink) 9114
Makers and roles
Photo Precision Ltd, manufacturer