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Photograph - Florence Elizabeth Maude, Cornwallis Hawarden, Clementina Maude and unidentified man, Togge House, Dundrum; Photographic Study
  • Florence Elizabeth Maude, Cornwallis Hawarden, Clementina Maude and unidentified man, Togge House, Dundrum
    Clementina, Lady Hawarden, born 1822 - died 1865
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Florence Elizabeth Maude, Cornwallis Hawarden, Clementina Maude and unidentified man, Togge House, Dundrum; Photographic Study

  • Object:

    Photograph

  • Place of origin:

    Dundrum (photographed)

  • Date:

    ca. 1859-1861 (photographed)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Clementina, Lady Hawarden, born 1822 - died 1865 (photographer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Photograph

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Lady Clementina Tottenham

  • Museum number:

    PH.275-1947

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level H, case X, shelf 33H, box XVII

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Lady Hawarden has arranged three of her children and the man who plays the fiddle (violin) in a tableau. Two of the children are barefoot and perhaps play the role of Gypsies. Photography was the most realistic medium available in the 1850s, but many photographers chose to use it for other purposes - such as tableau-making and storytelling.

Physical description

Sepia photograph, mounted on green card, showing three children and a fiddler beside an out-house.

Place of Origin

Dundrum (photographed)

Date

ca. 1859-1861 (photographed)

Artist/maker

Clementina, Lady Hawarden, born 1822 - died 1865 (photographer)

Materials and Techniques

Photograph

Dimensions

Height: 24 cm, Width: 28.4 cm image

Historical context note

From departmental note

'Clementina, Lady Hawarden (Untitled) Photographic Study (or) Study from Life (D.190) c.1859-c.1861 Dundrum House, grounds: Togge House: exterior:Florence Elizabeth (right profile), in fancy dress (peasant blouse, skirt and scarf), eyes down, barefoot, standing, hands folded on Lord Hawarden's right shoulder; Lord Hawarden, seated on up-ended barrel, playing fiddle; Clementina, in fancy dress (peasant blouse, skirt and scarf), eyes down, barefoot, standing on plank, left hand on hip; and unidentified young man (left profile), standing on plank, left hand on hip. South lawn in left background. Inscription (verso): No 53 . Inscription (verso of mount): (X614-)53 240 x 284 mm PH 275-1947 Series 33 Literature: Microfilm: 3.18.82 Lady Hawarden took many photographs of fancy dress tableaux of 'peasant life'. This was a popular theme in mid-19th century painting and photography. In the work of painters such as Millet and Jules Breton, farm work is presented as ritualized and endowed with spiritual qualities far removed from the reality of drudgery. In the work of the British photographer Henry Peach Robinson, renowned in the early 1860s for composite photograps such as Autumn and Bringing Home the May, idealized peasant life 1 represented by anonymous models. Lady Hawarden, however, made no attempt to disguise her models.'

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Literature: Microfilm: 3.18.82

Production Note

Reason For Production: Exhibition
Reason For Production: Retail

Materials

Photograph

Techniques

Albumen process

Subjects depicted

Maude, Clementina; Dundrum; Maude, Florence Elizabeth; Hawarden, Cornwallis

Categories

Portraits; Photographs

Production Type

Unlimited edition

Collection code

PDP

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