Mary Peek, Mrs George Smith Drewe (1821-1896)
George Glanville (b. c.1846)
Category
Photographs
Date
4 Apr 1906
Materials
Oil on ceramic
Measurements
7.12 x 5.62 in
Place of origin
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Order this imageCollection
Castle Drogo, Devon
NT 903858
Summary
Hand tinted opalotype photograph on porcelain or milk glass, Mary Peek, Mrs George Smith Drewe (1821-1896). Three-quarter length portrait of an elderly woman, seated, gazing at the spectator, wearing a black dress beneath a white lace shawl. Dark hair, under a lace cap. Julius Charles Drewe's mother. In leather case.
Provenance
This item forms part of the original Drewe family collection at Castle Drogo. It was transferred to the National Trust in 2008.
Marks and inscriptions
'Grandma' and 'To Father from Mary Drew - April 4th 1906'
Makers and roles
George Glanville (b. c.1846), photographer