Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, later 6th Viscount Clifden (1844-1930)
Camille Silvy (Nogent-le-Rotrou 1834 - Saint-Maurice 1910) [photographer], London
Category
Photographs
Date
1860
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
97 mm (H)63 mm (W)
Place of origin
Bayswater
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 891302.1
Summary
Studio photograph of a young man, the Hon. Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, later 6th Viscount Clifden, 1844-1930, wearing a long light-coloured jacket, with light-coloured waistcoat and trousers. He wears a darker bow tie and dark shoes. He is standing beside a a tripod table with a book on it, behind him is a draped curtain with small part of a chair visible to the right of the photograph. c.1860 Originally contained in a cardboard and blue cloth wallet containing nine (ten with LAN.PH.1574?) carte-de-visite size photographs of the Hon. Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes in four different poses. See also LAN.PH.1635.2, LAN.PH.1635.3 and LAN.PH.1635.4
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953 and who continued to live in the house until his death in 1966.
Makers and roles
Camille Silvy (Nogent-le-Rotrou 1834 - Saint-Maurice 1910) [photographer], London, photographer