[Photo collage of hunt scene with Lord and Lady Yarborough]

From the Getty Museum record

In this photocollage, Victoria Alexandrina Hare, the Countess of Yarborough (also known as Lady Yarborough, 1840-1927), and her first husband, Charles Anderson-Pelham, the Earl of Yarborough (also known as Lord Yarborough, 1835-1875), lead a foxhunt. The rider on the far left has been identified as Sir Samuel Hercules Hayes, 4th Baronet (1840-1901). With his inheritance of the earldom of Yarborough in 1862, Charles also took on the role of Master of the Brocklesby Hounds, which involved hosting hunts at their estate in Lincolnshire, Brocklesby Park. Upon his death in 1875, Lady Yarborough accepted the duties of the Mistress of Brocklesby, a rarity for a woman. She continued organizing hunts even after her 1881 marriage to her second husband, the sportsman and parliamentarian John Maunsell Richardson (1846-1912). The initials of Lady Yarborough— “VAY”—are found on the well-preserved [red leather album cover](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/1040P3) and in the watercolor design on the opening page, suggesting she assembled the album and probably made some of the compositions. She was the goddaughter and namesake of Queen Victoria. She and Lord Yarborough are depicted in several other photographs and collages throughout the album ([84.XD.1283.14](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/107NBP), [84.XD.1283.15](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/107NBQ), [84.XD.1283.30](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/107NC6), [84.XD.1283.33](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/107NC9), [84.XD.1283.50](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/107NCT), [84.XD.1283.60](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/107ND6), [84.XD.1283.87](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/107NDY), [84.XD.1283.88](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/107NE0), [84.XD.1283.154](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/107NG2)). Carolyn Peter, J. Paul Getty Museum, Department of Photographs 2021 For more information about this album see the [extended essay](https://museum-essays.getty.edu/photographs/cpeter-westmorland-album/).