William Lake Price 1860s (ca) Lord Elcho (Francis Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss, 1818-1914), wearing the uniform of the London Scottish Regiment, of which he was commander.
Carte de visite J. Cosmas Vintage Photography Note from John Cosmas
Backmark of "The London Stereoscopic and Photographic Co.", but photo credited on mount recto to Lake Price. William Lake Price (1810-1896) was a true proponent and practitioner of the "photographer as artist" movement in Victorian England. There are any number of standard CDV images of Lord Elcho, but here the subject is relaxed and pensive, his sword cradled in his arm, and his gaze directed away from the viewer as he stands amidst scattered rocks and vegetation, in front of a dramatic painted backdrop of mountain crags and a turbulent, cloud-filled sky. It took someone such as Lake Price to take the standard CDV image and make it into something so special.
