The Hon. Edith Violet Kathleen Agar-Robartes (1888-1965)
E. I. Ellery [photographer] Truro
Category
Photographs
Date
1906 (circa)
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
95 mm (H); 65 mm (W)
Place of origin
Truro
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890217
Summary
Studio photograph, head and shoulders, of the Hon.Violet Agar-Robartes, 1888-1965. c.1906 Mounted in slide-in leather folding frame, LAN.D.199. Photograph numbered LAN.PH.5015.6 as all photographs have individual PH numbers. One of nine photographs (collodion or gelatin P.O.P?) mounted in small carte-de-viste format. i-iii, v and viii have gilt edges to the mount and are gold stamped "E.J. Ellery 32, River Street Truro". Iv, vii and ix are signed in pencil "E.I. Ellery Newquay". vi is unsigned. All the mounted photographs are in a folding leather case. The surround for each mounted photograph has a gilt decoration on leather with a cover glass. Behind each leather surround is a layer of brown moire effect paper. - SC 2003.
Provenance
Acquired during transfer of Lanhydrock to the National Trust. The Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, later 7th Viscount Clifden, 1883-1966, gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953 and continued tolive there with his two sisters, Everilda and Violet, until his death in 1966. The Hon. Victor Agar-Robartesd, later 8th Viscount Clifden, 1887-1974, never lived at Lanhydrock after his marriage.
Marks and inscriptions
On mount below photograph: (printed in gold ) E.I. Ellery 32, RIVER ST / TRURO.
Makers and roles
E. I. Ellery [photographer] Truro, photographer