A couple sitting outside a house in the garden with window shutters open. A woman in a summer dress on the left, with a wicker basket behind her, and a gentleman seated on the right in a dark jacket and light trousers, holding a fishing rod. There is a net leaning against the shutter. A pot plant between them possibly of a hydrangea in flower.
Framed plate with wood backboard
The couple shown were married on the 16th of May 1837 at the church of St George, Hanover Square, London.
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Provenance
Title
Husband and wife/Richard Trott Fisher and Augusta, his wife, June 1840, Mitcham by Sir John Lubbock afterwards Lord Avebury
Image description
A couple sitting outside a house in the garden with window shutters open. A woman in a summer dress on the left, with a wicker basket behind her, and a gentleman seated on the right in a dark jacket and light trousers, holding a fishing rod. There is a net leaning against the shutter. A pot plant between them possibly of a hydrangea in flower.
Subject name
Fisher, Richard Trott; Fisher, Augusta; Martin, Augusta
Inscription
'Done by Sir J Lubbock at Mitcham June 1840' written on backboard.
'Richard Trott Fisher & Augusta, his wife, nee Martin a Daguerreotype by Sir John Lubbock afterwards Lord Avebury' written on a label. Note he was not later Lord Avebury, that was his son.
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