Untitled (three photographs, clockwise from the top, Countess of Bective, Lady Olivia Taylour; Honorable Lady Filmer; Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury; verso: Sir Edmund Filmer, Bart.)

Artists

Description

Sitter information: Recto: Countess of Bective. Lady Alice Sandys Hill (d. 15 February 1928). Only daughter of the 4th Marquess of Downshire KP. Married Thomas (11 February 1844-15 December 1893), Earl of Bective on 9 October 1867. MP for Westmoreland, the Earl predeceased his father the 3rd Marquess of Headfort. Lady Olivia Taylour (22 January 1869-26 November 1939). Eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Bective. Married 27 January 1892 to Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (d. 6 October 1931), a grandson of the 3rd Duke of Portland. Lady Mary Filmer (1838-1903) Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury. Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot (13 April 1830-12 March 1908), 19th Earl of Shrewsbury, succeeded 4 June 1868. MP for Stafford, South Staffordshire, and Stamford successively. Captain of the Hon. Corp of Gentlemen-at-Arms. Married 15 February 1855 to Arra Theresa (d. 9 July 1912) eldest daughter of Commander Richard Howe Cockerell RN. Verso: Sir Edmund Filmer (1835-1886) Photograph of Sir Edmund on verso was taken c. 1882.

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