Mrs Hinkson & daughter
Photograph
ca. late 1890s (photographed)
ca. late 1890s (photographed)
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Hollyer was the photographer of choice for the artistic set of the late 19th century. His Portraits of Many Persons of Note fills three volumes with nearly 200 portraits and comprises a pictorial Who's Who of late Victorian and Edwardian celebrities. Katherine Hinkson, better known as Katherine Tynan, was a poet and novelist in the Irish literary movement.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Platinum print |
| Brief description | Portrait of Katherine Tynan (1861-1931) Portraits of many persons of note photographed by Frederick Hollyer, Vol. 3, platinum print, ca. late 1890s |
| Physical description | Full-length portrait of a bespectacled Katherine Tynan facing a little girl (her daughter Pamela Hinkson) whose hand she holds. Both are seen in profile. |
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| Credit line | Given by Eleanor M. Hollyer |
| Historical context | The little girl is Pamela Hinkson, Katherine's daughter by Henry Albert Hinkson, an open scholar of Trinity College, Dublin, a barrister, and a writer of novels. |
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| Summary | Hollyer was the photographer of choice for the artistic set of the late 19th century. His Portraits of Many Persons of Note fills three volumes with nearly 200 portraits and comprises a pictorial Who's Who of late Victorian and Edwardian celebrities. Katherine Hinkson, better known as Katherine Tynan, was a poet and novelist in the Irish literary movement. |
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| Accession number | 7916-1938 |
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| Record created | September 14, 2004 |
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