A team of volunteers will be cataloguing, cleaning and digitising these negatives in view of visitors during the year, and learning more about what they depict. Among the subject matter already identified is a boating disaster that took place on Strangford Lough next to Mount Stewart in April 1895, which drew considerable interest at the time.
The project will be aiming to identify a number of people shown in the images as well as other subjects photographed by Reginald who was a keen photographer which was an interest he shared with his mother Theresa.
The National Trust wishes to thank the 10th Marquess of Londonderry for the loan of these significant items to Mount Stewart.
