One of the daughters of William Henry Pole Carew (1811-1888) and Frances Anne Buller (d.1902)
Category
Photographs
Date
1855 (circa)
Materials
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890166.39
Summary
A studio photograph of a little girl, daughter of William Pole Carew and Anne Buller, who wears a dark dress/tunic, pale short socks and boots. She stands holding on to a carved chair with floral upholstering, her hat upside down on the seat. Behind is a pillar on plinth and curtain with tassels. Light and dark tiles on floor. See also 889957.128. Contained in a very large dark brown leather photograph album with gold tooling on front, back and on spine and 'Charles Lygon-Cocks / Hys / Photographs' in gold on front cover.
Provenance
Col. Charles Lygon Somers Cocks was related to the Agar-Robartes through the Carew Pole family. He commissioned George Gilbert Scott to design his house,Treverbyn Vean, St. Neot, and William Burges to design the interiors.