L2.120 Lloyd, Frances Anne [1854]

L2.120 Lloyd, Frances Anne [1854]

Photographs and Portraits

1854

Carte de visite. Oval seated head and shoulders portrait of Fanny Lloyd wearing a bonnet and ruffled mantle. Philipp Graff, Jerusalemer Str. 18, Berlin. Copie 1873. 3¾ x 2½ inches.

Inscribed on the back in pencil: Fanny Lloyd 1854. The year 1873 has been entered in pencil after the printed "Copie" below the photographer's imprint. Frances Anne, always known as Fanny, was the eldest of the four sisters. She was born on August 30, 1833. In 1854 Fanny turned 21. It is probable that original portrait was taken during her visit to England that year to make financial arrangements concerning her inheritance. The sisters' uncle, Marmaduke Jefferies (eldest surviving brother of Lucy Anne Lloyd) was Trustee of the money that the four sisters inherited from their mother's estate when they reached their majority. Fanny's father, Archdeacon Lloyd, visited England at this time as well and convinced his eldest daughter that it was her duty to make over to him the greater portion of her inheritance. As a result she was financially dependent on her sisters Lucy and Jemima for the rest of her life.