[MANCHESTER (William Drogo Montagu, 1823-1890, from 1855 7th Duke), and his wife LOUISE, 1832-1911, née Countess von Alten, Mistress of the Robes, 1858-1859, from 1892 second wife of the 8th Duke of Devonshire)]

Pair of fine photographs of their seat Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire, the first shows a great promenade of visitors to the park, strolling down to the lake, a little original blurring in the foreground, in the second the Duke and Duchess are seated full length, full face below a short terrace outside the house, with fifteen others alongside or above on the terrace, of whom two of the ladies and most of the gentleman are dressed for riding, laid down on the verso are four good newspaper cuttings, of the 'Attack on the Queen' by apprentice Arthur O'Connor, who brandished a pistol after attempting to give her a petition and was apprehended by John Brown, ('Times', 1st March 1872), thanksgiving verses, the family gathering for Prince Albert's anniversary, and Disraeli's marriage, the photos each 5½" x 8" laid down on an album leaf 14" x 10¼", Kimbolton Castle, no date, circa



Item Date:  1872

Stock No:  53576      £75

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