Record card
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card
Measurements
75 mm (Width); 92 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 938231.1
Summary
One of a collection of pink card weight cards recording the gradual weight increase of Roger, 10th Earl of Stamford, the fronts printed, 'F. Wimshurst / Pharmaceutical Chemist / BEXHILL on Sea', and the weight of the Earl recorded from the age of seventeen to twenty one on the reverse: (a) '1913' and 'age 17' handwritten in pencil at the top, with the weights recorded in ink, 10st 5lb on 28th November and 10st 6lb 4oz on 5th December.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).