• Title
  [Mary-Anne, Alice, Saidee, and Agnes Victoria Stephen, ca. 1878]
• Call number
  P1/1657
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  ca. 1878
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  441666
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Photographs - 1 albumen photoprint mounted on card - 26.1 x 21.8 cm. (image) ; 34.2 x 24 cm. (card)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Daughters of Sir Alfred and Eleanor Stephen, Mary-Anne married A. Montgomerie Severn, Agnes Victoria married Alfred Percival Bedford, whilst the twin sisters Alice and Saidee never married. -- Reference: Think of Stephen : a family chronicle / by R. Bedford. Sydney : Angus and Robertson, 1954.
• Scope and Content
  Four women pose for a studio portrait the backdrop for which is a "rustic" fence and painted landscape scene. From left to right: Agnes (seated with knitting needles), Saidee, Alice (seated), and Mary Anne.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955
• General note
  
  Transferred from P1/Stephen family (BM), June 2010
  Digital order no:a4363057
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Identified on reverse in a later hand, "Mary (Severn) / Alice / Saidee / Mrs Angus Bedford / of daughter"
• Conservation note
  
  At an unknown date, the left-hand side of the board has been trimmed close to the image
• Name
  Stephen, Agnes Victoria, b. 1850
  Stephen, Alice, b. 1844
  Stephen family
  Stephen, Mary Anne, b. 1856
  Stephen, Saidee, b. 1844
  
• Subject
  Adult Females
  
• Topic
  families
  knitting
  portraits
  twins
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3222316

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