Man at carpenter's bench, Dundrum
Photograph
ca. 1858-1861 (photographed)
ca. 1858-1861 (photographed)
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Photographs of workers are rare in early photography. In the 1840s William Henry Fox Talbot documented his estate at Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire, and the partnership of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson documented the Newhaven fishing community, but there are few other sustained photographic campaigns about work.
About 1860 Lady Hawarden made a number of photographs of workers on her husband’s estate at Dundrum in County Tipperary. We do not know whether this is a carpenter, or another estate worker posing as one. In any case this example is typical of Lady Hawarden’s work in that it seems to be the blaze of halation, spreading from the carpenter’s white apron, that makes the photograph. Yet this is also a document of a worker, shown at a carpenter’s bench on an Irish estate about 1860. He has a lined and impressive face and wears a spotless long apron and a stovepipe hat.
About 1860 Lady Hawarden made a number of photographs of workers on her husband’s estate at Dundrum in County Tipperary. We do not know whether this is a carpenter, or another estate worker posing as one. In any case this example is typical of Lady Hawarden’s work in that it seems to be the blaze of halation, spreading from the carpenter’s white apron, that makes the photograph. Yet this is also a document of a worker, shown at a carpenter’s bench on an Irish estate about 1860. He has a lined and impressive face and wears a spotless long apron and a stovepipe hat.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Photograph |
| Brief description | 19thC; Hawarden C, D 131, Dundrum House, stables, man at workbench, c. 1858-61 |
| Physical description | Sepia photograph, mounted on green card, of a carpenter in a white apron at a work-bench. |
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| Production type | Unlimited edition |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Clementina Tottenham |
| Historical context | From departmental notes '(Untitled) Photographic Study (or) Study from Life (D.l3l) c.1858-c.1861 Dundrum House, stables: interior: unidentified man in top hat and apron, standing at work bench; planks and boards; tools; bucket on bench.116 x 91 mm PH 457-1968:20 Literature: Microfilm: 3.19.434, Also: ed. Graham Ovenden, Clementina Lady Hawarden, 1974, p.13.' |
| Production | Reason For Production: Exhibition Reason For Production: Retail |
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| Summary | Photographs of workers are rare in early photography. In the 1840s William Henry Fox Talbot documented his estate at Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire, and the partnership of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson documented the Newhaven fishing community, but there are few other sustained photographic campaigns about work. About 1860 Lady Hawarden made a number of photographs of workers on her husband’s estate at Dundrum in County Tipperary. We do not know whether this is a carpenter, or another estate worker posing as one. In any case this example is typical of Lady Hawarden’s work in that it seems to be the blaze of halation, spreading from the carpenter’s white apron, that makes the photograph. Yet this is also a document of a worker, shown at a carpenter’s bench on an Irish estate about 1860. He has a lined and impressive face and wears a spotless long apron and a stovepipe hat. |
| Bibliographic reference | Literature: Microfilm: 3.19.434, Also: ed. Graham Ovenden, Clementina Lady Hawarden, 1974, p.13. |
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| Accession number | 457:20-1968 |
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| Record created | February 13, 2004 |
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