Clementina Maude beside cabinet, 5 Princes Gardens
Photograph
ca. 1862-1863 (photographed)
ca. 1862-1863 (photographed)
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Here Clementina Maude poses for her mother beside what seems to be an oriental painted cabinet. With her left hand she pulls out a drawer. A book rests casually on top of the cabinet. A desk at the left contains a clutter of objects, including a vase of flowers and a basket-woven container. Lady Hawarden may have calculated that the informal surroundings would suggest a real situation, rather than an artificial and posed one. In this, a young woman pauses for a moment of reflection before she investigates the secrets held by the cabinet.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Photograph |
| Brief description | 19thC, stereoscopic; Hawarden C, D 522, 5 Princes Gardens, Clementina, c. 1862 |
| Physical description | Sepia photograp, mounted on green card, showing standing beside a cabinet which rests on a mantelpiece. |
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| Production type | Unlimited edition |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Clementina Tottenham |
| Historical context | From departmental notes 'Clementina, Lady Hawarden (Untitled) Photographic study (or) Study from Life (D.522) c.1862 5 Princes Gardens, interior: first floor, front: starred wall-paper: floor-boards: Clementina, standing beside fireplace, left hand on open drawer of Indian decorated travelling cabinet (with book on top) on mantelpiece. Gothic-style desk, on which are basket filled with needlework, epergne, compotier, and vase of flowers, on left. Inscription (verso): ?numberPrint from same negative as PH 457-1968:253 (D.523). 116 x 91 mm PH 457-1968:603 Literature: ed. Graham Ovenden, Clementina Lady Hawarden, 1974, p.105. Microfilm: 3.19.542 ' |
| Production | Reason For Production: Exhibition Reason For Production: Retail |
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| Summary | Here Clementina Maude poses for her mother beside what seems to be an oriental painted cabinet. With her left hand she pulls out a drawer. A book rests casually on top of the cabinet. A desk at the left contains a clutter of objects, including a vase of flowers and a basket-woven container. Lady Hawarden may have calculated that the informal surroundings would suggest a real situation, rather than an artificial and posed one. In this, a young woman pauses for a moment of reflection before she investigates the secrets held by the cabinet. |
| Bibliographic reference | Literature: ed. Graham Ovenden, Clementina Lady Hawarden, 1974, p.105. Microfilm: 3.19.542 |
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| Accession number | 457:603-1968 |
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| Record created | February 13, 2004 |
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