PhotographsBritish19th century

Untitled (five photographs, clockwise from upper left, Honorable Edward Bourke; Lt. Col. F?; Colonel Frater of C?; Pakenham Alderson Esq.; center, unidentified man with beard)

1862-1888

Artists

Mary Georgiana Caroline Cecil FilmerArtist

Description

Sitter information: Honorable Edward Bourke. Edward Roden Bourke (23 Decemeber 1835-7 June 1907). Sixth son of the 5th Earl of Mayo. Major 3rd Hussars, Military Secretary to the Governor General of India 1869-1872. Married Emma Mary Augusta (d. 9 March 1935) eldest daughter of Lt. Colonel Cliffe Hatch CSI, 20 November 1872. Pakenham Alderson Lt. Col. F? Colonel Frater of C? Unidentified man with beard

Classification

Photographs

Technique

Albumen silver print

Medium

Album page with five albumen silver prints, four photographs are arranged as spokes around the fifth center photograph, all are set within a blue and gilt paint knotted rope design.

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