Photograph
1861
Artist/Maker |
5 Princes Gardens, interior: first floor, front: right window (net curtain drawn back): floor-boards: Isabella Grace (back to camera), standing before cheval-glass, brushing hair with right hand.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Albumen print |
Brief description | 19thC; Hawarden C, D 465, 5 Princes Gardens, Clementina, c. 1862 |
Physical description | 5 Princes Gardens, interior: first floor, front: right window (net curtain drawn back): floor-boards: Isabella Grace (back to camera), standing before cheval-glass, brushing hair with right hand. |
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Historical context | From departmental notes 'Clementina, Lady Hawarden(Untitled) Photographic Study (or) Study from Life (D.313) c.1861 5 Princes Gardens, interior: first floor, front: right window (net curtain drawn back): floor-boards: Isabella Grace (back to camera), standing before cheval-glass, brushing hair with right hand. Inscription (verso): No 87 119 x 91 mm PH 457-1968:324 Series 54 Literature: Microfilm: 3.19.237 Also: ed. Mark Haworth-Booth, The Golden Age of British Photography, 1984, p.125 (bottom). The Golden Age of British Photography (travelling exhibition), Victoria and Albert Museum, 1984-8 Lady Hawarden's many photographs of her daughters brushing their hair or admiring themselves in the mirror may be compared with works by the Pre-Raphaelites. Like them, Lady Hawarden may have been interested in celebrating feminine sensuality' |
Bibliographic reference | Literature: Microfilm: 3.19.237 Also: ed. Mark Haworth-Booth, The Golden Age of British Photography, 1984, p.125 (bottom). |
Collection | |
Accession number | 457:362-1968 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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