PhotographsBritish19th century

Untitled (five photographs, clockwise from upper left, Lady Alfred Murray; Lady E. Bute; Lady Mary Marsham; Mrs. Mydelton Biddulph; center, Lord Sudeley)

1862-1888

Artists

Mary Georgiana Caroline Cecil FilmerArtist

Description

Sitter information: Lady Alfred Murray Lady E. Bute Lady Mary Marsham. Marsham is the family name of the earls of Romney but a Lady Mary is not traced. Mrs. Mydelton Biddulph Lord Sudeley. Viscount Sudeley, Arthur William Charles Fox Gore (6 January 1839-14 Mary 1901), 5th Earl of Arran. Succeeded as Earl of Arran 25 June 1884. First married to Edith (d. 3 October 1871) younger daughter of Robert Viscount Jocelyn, 21 February 1865. Second marriage to Winifred Ellen (d. 12 November 1920), widow of the honorable John Stoppard and daughter of John Reilly.

Classification

Photographs

Technique

Albumen silver print

Medium

Album page with five albumen silver prints, four are carte de visite size photographs, the center photograph has been trimmed. All are surmounted with painted decorations in the form of bows, the center photograph is also ringed with blue and silver paint.

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Photographs

Dimensions

28.9 x 23.2 cm (11 3/8 x 9 1/8 in.)

Provenance

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