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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1982.359.90
People
Mary Georgiana Caroline Cecil Filmer, British (1838-1903)
Title
Untitled (two photomechanical reproductions of the late Marchioness of Ailesbury; verso: Dowager Lady Filmer; Sir Robert Filmer Bt.)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph, album page
Date
1862-1888
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/317566

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Album page with two photomechanical reproductions; verso: two albumen silver prints.
Technique
Photomechanical print
Dimensions
28.9 x 23.2 cm (11 3/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Graphite inscriptions on verso, sitter's names; names of sitters in photograph on facing page.

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
P1982.359.90
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Sitter information:

Recto:

Maria, the Marchioness of Ailesbury. Maria Elizabeth (d. 7 May 1893), daughter of the Honorable Charles Tollemache. Married 20 August 1833 as his second wife, Charles Brudenell-Bruce (14 February 1773-4 January 1856), 1st Marquess of Ailesbury KT.

Verso:

Dowager Lady Filmer. Helen Monro, married Sir Edmund Filmer (1809-1859), 8th Baronet

Sir Robert Filmer (1903-1944) as a baby.

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