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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1982.359.83
People
Mary Georgiana Caroline Cecil Filmer, British (1838-1903)
Title
Untitled (eleven photographs top row, left to right, Mrs. Poole; Lady Emily Dyke(?); Miss Creighton(?); Miss (?); center row left to right, Viscount Holmesdale; Lord A. Gower; Col. Hawkes(?); Mr. Dyke (photo missing); Mrs. Buckeley; Viscount MacDuff; C. Porter(?), Esq.; Countess of Bective; verso: two views of the river between Maidenhead and Cliveden, dated 1871)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
album page, photograph
Date
1862-1888
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/317559

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Album page with eleven albumen silver prints (one missing); verso: two albumen silver prints.
Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
28.9 x 23.2 cm (11 3/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Inscriptions on recto and verso are made in ink, sitter's name for the top two rows of photographs on the recto are inscribed on the verso of P1982.359.82.

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
P1982.359.83
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Sitter information:

Recto:

Mrs. Poole

Lady Emily Dyke(?)

Miss Creighton(?)

Miss (?)

Viscount Holmesdale

Lord A. Gower

Col. Hawkes(?)

Mr. Dyke (photo missing)

Mrs. Buckeley. Sarah (d. 1883) elder daughter of W. Rees. Married 1860 to Edmund Buckeley (1834-1910), MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1865-1878. He was created Sir Edmund Buckeley 1st Baronet in 1868.

Viscount MacDuff. Alexander William George Carnegie (10 November 1849-29 December 1912) Viscount Macduff. Eldest son of the 5th Earl of Fife. Married 27 July 1889 to H.R.H Princess Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar (d. 4 January 1931) Princess Royal of Great Britain, VA., CI, eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Viscount Macduff succeeded as the 6th Earl of Fife on 7 August 1879. The Earl was created a Duke by King Edward VII.

C. Porter(?), Esq.

Countess of Bective. Lady Alice Sandys Hill (d. 15 February 1928). Only daugher of the 4th Marquess of Downshire KP. Married Thomas (11 February 1844-15 December 1893), Earl of Bective on 9 October 1867. MP for Westmoreland, the Earl predeceased his father the 3rd Marquess of Headfort.

Verso:

Two views of the river between Maidenhead and Cliveden

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