PhotographsBritish19th century

Untitled (Countess of Fife [from a reproduction])

1862-1888

Artists

Mary Georgiana Caroline Cecil FilmerArtist

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.

Classification

Photographs

Technique

Albumen silver print

Medium

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

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

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Untitled (six photographs of unidentified sitters)

Mary Georgiana Caroline Cecil Filmer, 1862-1888

Album page with six carte de visite albumen silver prints mounted against a gilt background. Coronets surmount and are to either side of the top center photograph, red banners adorn bottom of page. Three photographs on bottom have hand coloring.

19th centuryBritish