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Photograph

1857-1860
Artist/Maker
Clementina, Lady Hawarden

Dundrum House, exterior: south facade: unidentified young woman, standing on lawn by gravelled drive; shrubbery.


Object details

Category
Scotland
Object type
Photograph
Materials and techniques
Albumen print
Photographic Paper
Albumen Process
Brief description
19thC, stereoscopic (laterally switched); Hawarden C, D 069, Dundrum House, exterior, unidentified young woman, c. 1857-60
Physical description
Dundrum House, exterior: south facade: unidentified young woman, standing on lawn by gravelled drive; shrubbery.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101mm
  • Length: 145mm
Historical context
'Clementina, Lady Hawarden (Untitled) Photographic Study (or) Study from Life (D. 69) c.1857-c.1860 Dundrum House, exterior: south facade: unidentified young woman, standing on lawn by gravelled drive; shrubbery. Inscription (on negative, upper left centre edge): 3 (reversed) 101 x 145 mm (stereoscopic) PH 457-1968:108 Literature: Microfilm: 3.19.163 This photograph was taken with a 'cross-eyed' stereoscopic camera, producing a pair of images which have been laterally switched by the use of a mirror, facilitating a slightly larger format. [Jonathan Ross, personal commmunication.] The angle at which the photograph was taken emphasizes the slight rise of the ground and the drive curving up to the door'
Bibliographic reference
Literature: Microfilm: 3.19.163
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
457:108-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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