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NETTERVILLE BRIGGS : 16 UPPER PARADE, LEAMINGTON (FL.1868)

Agatha Home Drummond (1792-1868)

1868

Albumen print | 8.9 x 6.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2911515

Photograph of a full length portrait of Agatha Home Drummond, seated on a chair at a table, facing three-quarters to the right. She looks ahead, away from the camera. She places her left arm on the table and her right hand in her lap.

Agatha Drummond was the sister of the late Henry Home Drummond of Blair Drummond.

  • Creator(s)

    Netterville Briggs : 16 Upper Parade, Leamington (fl.1868) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Agatha Home Drummond (1792-1868)

  • annotation: Agatha Home Drummond, b.1792. 1868./ Sister of late Henry H. Drummond of Blair Du [unable to see] [beneath work]

  • 8.9 x 6.0 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • albums
          • photograph albums
        • photographs
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