Servants at Rhagatt, Corwen, North Wales

About the Artwork

This touching portrait contrasting age and youth was taken by amateur photographer John Lloyd. It shows two of the servants at his home, Rhagatt Hall, in Wales, which was built by an ancestor around 1739.

Inscriptions

Written in pencil on verso: "John Lloyd, d. 1865 / Rhagatt, N. Corwen, N. Wales"

Exhibition history

The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).

Quick Overview

Artist: John Lloyd (British, 1811–1865)
Date: c. 1860
Medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative
Dimensions: Image: 13.6 x 10.7 cm (5 3/8 x 4 3/16 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 30.6 cm (14 x 12 1/16 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: Photograph
Department: Photography
Credit line: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Accession no.: 1987.22

More by John Lloyd in museum collections

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John Lloyd
c. 1859 · Photograph
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00013182

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 7, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.