P1982.359.62: Untitled (Countess of Fife [from a reproduction])

Identification and Creation

Object Number

P1982.359.62

People

Mary Georgiana Caroline Cecil Filmer, British (1838-1903)

Title

Untitled (Countess of Fife [from a reproduction])

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

album page, photograph

Date

1862-1888

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/317538

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Album page with albumen silver print in hand colored frame surmounted with putti, leaf decoration at bottom of frame.

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 in graphite beneath image within the frame.

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

P1982.359.62

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Sitter information:

Countess of Fife. Lady Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay (d. 18 December 1869) daughter of the 17th Earl of Errol. Married 16 March 1846 to James Carnegie 5th Earl of Fife KT, Lord Lieutenant of Banff.

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