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FRANCES ELIZABETH JOCELYN, VISCOUNTESS JOCELYN (1820-80)

Group portrait of the Jocelyn children

1858

Albumen print | 13.2 x 10.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2906751

Photograph of a group portrait of the children of Robert Jocelyn, Earl of Roden. The portrait features Alice (d. 1867) and Edith Jocelyn (d. 1871) standing together on a doorstep in the courtyard of White Rock Villa, the family's house at St Leonards, near Hastings. Robert, Viscount Jocelyn (1846-80), stands to their left with his feet crossed and his hands in his pockets, leaning against a stone wall.

  • Creator(s)

    Frances Elizabeth Jocelyn, Viscountess Jocelyn (1820-80) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Robert Jocelyn, 4th Earl of Roden (1846-80)
    Edith Elizabeth Henrietta Gore, Viscountess Sudley (1845-71)
    Alice Jocelyn (1843-1867)

  • 13.2 x 10.8 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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