Not currently on display at the V&A

Photograph

September 1880 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Potter, Rupert (photographer)
Place of origin
Eastwood (photographed)

Group study of Sir John Everett Millais and daughters on the doorstep at Eastwood.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
Sport
Tourism & Travel
Scotland
Object type
Photograph
Materials and techniques
Albumen print on paper
Photographic Paper
Photography
Albumen Process
Brief description
Group study portrait of Sir John E. Millais and daughters (Sophie, and two of Effie, Alice or Mary?) seated on front doorstep at Eastwood, near Dunkeld, possibly by Rupert Potter, Scotland, 28 September 1880, Linder Bequest catalogue no. LB.1992.
Physical description
Group study of Sir John Everett Millais and daughters on the doorstep at Eastwood.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.4cm
  • Width: 22cm
Credit line
Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number]
Object history
Acquired by the V&A from Leslie Linder (1904-1973) in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest, a collection of ca. 2150 watercolours, drawings, literary manuscripts, correspondence, books, photographs, and other memorabilia associated with Beatrix Potter and her family.
Subject depicted
John Everett Millais
Place depicted
Eastwood House
Bibliographic reference
Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. Beatrix Potter: the V & A collection : the Leslie Linder bequest of Beatrix Potter material : watercolours, drawings, manuscripts, books, photographs and memorabilia. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985. p.209, cat. no. LB.1992 Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. Beatrix Potter: the V & A collection: the Leslie Linder bequest of Beatrix Potter material: watercolours, drawings, manuscripts, books, photographs and memorabilia. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985. p.209
Other number
LB.1992 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
BP.1274

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Record createdJanuary 17, 2019
Record URL
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