Dundrum House Grounds
Photograph
c.1858-1861 (made)
c.1858-1861 (made)
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Like other amateur photographers of her era who were often wealthy landowners, Lady Hawarden photographed workers on her estate. However, rather than fixing them in enacted poses, she photographed men carrying out everyday tasks, such as this sequence showing them chopping and sawing a broken tree in the landscaped gardens of the eighteenth-century Dundrum House, in Ireland.
Object details
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| Title | Dundrum House Grounds (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Lady Clementina Hawarden, Dundrum House Grounds, c.1858-61, albumen print |
| Physical description | Photograph of six unidentified men, standing, chopping and sawing a broken tree. In the foreground, branches lie on the ground. There are trees in the background. |
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| Historical context | From departmental notes 'Clementina, Lady Hawarden (Untitled) Photographic Study (or) Study from Life (D.120) c.1858-c.1861 Dundrum House, grounds: six unidentified men, standing, chopping and sawing broken tree; branches in foreground; trees in background. Inscription (verso): No 4 (or) No 43 Print from same negative as PH 457-1968:125 (D.121) . 108 x 92 mm PH 457-1968:31 Series 21 Literature: Microfilm: 3.19.34 Like other amateur photographers of her era who were often wealthy landowners.Lady Hawarden photographed workers on her estate. However, rather than fixing them in emblematic poses, as Fox Talbot often did, she photographed men carrying out everyday tasks' |
| Summary | Like other amateur photographers of her era who were often wealthy landowners, Lady Hawarden photographed workers on her estate. However, rather than fixing them in enacted poses, she photographed men carrying out everyday tasks, such as this sequence showing them chopping and sawing a broken tree in the landscaped gardens of the eighteenth-century Dundrum House, in Ireland. |
| Bibliographic reference | Literature: Microfilm: 3.19.34 |
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| Accession number | 457:31-1968 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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