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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1982.359.28
People
Mary Georgiana Caroline Cecil Filmer, British (1838-1903)
Title
Untitled (Lord George Hill (1801-1879))
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
album page, photograph
Date
1862-1888
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/317504

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Album page with trimmed carte de visite albumen silver print painted to appear framed and mounted on an easel.
Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
28.9 x 23.2 cm (11 3/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Sitter's name inscribed beneath photograph.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., New York, NY, purchased from Christie's, 1978, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1982. On Long Term Loan to the Fogg Art Museum from 1978 to 1982

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden
Object Number
P1982.359.28
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Sitter information:

Lord George Hill (9 December 1801-6 April 1879). Fifth son of the 2nd Marquess of Downshire. Major in the Army. First married, 21 October 1834, to Casandra Jane (d. 14 March 1842) youngest daughter of Edward Knight (a nephew of Jane Austen) of Godmersham Park Kent. Second marriage to Louisa, sister to his first wife who died 29 July 1889.

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