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Clementina Maude, 5 Princes Gardens
Clementina, Lady Hawarden, born 1822 - died 1865 - Enlarge image
Clementina Maude, 5 Princes Gardens; Photographic Study
- Object:
Photograph
- Place of origin:
South Kensington, England (photographed)
- Date:
ca. 1863-1864 (photographed)
- Artist/Maker:
Clementina, Lady Hawarden, born 1822 - died 1865 (photographer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Albumen print from wet collodion negative
- Credit Line:
Given by Lady Clementina Tottenham
- Museum number:
PH.291-1947
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Lady Hawarden has the reputation of being a ‘modern’ photographer before her time. This probably rests on her many photographs of her daughters posed beside mirrors. The real and the reflected are shown directly, side by side, which seems like a commentary on the photographic illusion itself. About this time (1860) photographs were described as ‘magic mirrors for the reflective man’. These photographs also suggest the idea of the ‘double’, or doppelganger. For whatever reason, Hawarden returned to this subject constantly.
