Lady Hawarden posed her daughter in a corner of her studio. The model stretches up to clasp the knob of a casement window. The pose seems to be an exercise in the photography of gesture, texture, mass and dramatic patterns of light and shade. You can see a similar composition in another Hawarden photograph (PH.457:454-1968).
Physical description
Sepia photograph, mounted on green card, of a young woman holding the knob of a casement window.
Place of Origin
South Kensington, England (photographed)
Date
ca. 1862-1863 (photographed)
Artist/maker
Clementina, Lady Hawarden, born 1822 - died 1865 (photographer)
Materials and Techniques
Albumen print from wet collodion negative
Dimensions
Height: 15.2 cm, Width: 12.7 cm
Historical context note
From departmental notes
'Clementina, Lady Hawarden (Untitled) Photographic Study (or) Study from Life (D.571) c.1862-c.18635 Princes Gardens, interior: first floor, front: left window (net curtain drawn back): screen: floor-boards: Clementina (right profile), in fancy dress (blouse and long skirt), eyes closed, standing, arms raised, hands clasped and holding knob of window-casement.152 x 127 mm PH 457-1968:344Literature: ed. Graham Ovenden, Clementina Lady Hawarden, 1974, p.60. Microfilm: 3.19.344A Moment in Time: Scottish Contributions to Photography 1840-1920 (travelling exhibition), Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, 1983.'
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Literature: ed. Graham Ovenden, Clementina Lady Hawarden, 1974, p.60. Microfilm: 3.19.344
Exhibition History
Cloud Illusions I Recall (Irish Museum of Modern Art 25 Jun 2013-22 Sept 2013)
A Moment in Time: Scottish Contributions to Photography 1840-1920(travelling exhibition), Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, 1983
Production Note
Reason For Production: Exhibition
Reason For Production: Retail
Materials
Photograph
Techniques
Albumen process
Subjects depicted
Clothing; Interior; South Kensington; Maude, Clementina
Categories
Portraits; Photographs
Production Type
Unlimited edition
Collection code
PDP
