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Isabella Grace Maude on balcony, 5 Princes Gardens

Photograph
1861 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lady Hawarden has posed her daughter looking out across the cultural quarter of South Kensington. This area of London developed after the success of the Great Exhibition of 1851. On the skyline you can see the new buildings that were being constructed for the International Exhibition of 1862. Opposite that site was the South Kensington Museum (later the V&A), which opened its doors to the public in 1857. It was already collecting and exhibiting the art of photography in 1859, when the Hawarden family moved into their new house at 5 Princes Gardens.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Isabella Grace Maude on balcony, 5 Princes Gardens (assigned by artist)
  • Photographic Study (series title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print from wet collodion negative
Brief description
19thC, stereoscopic; Hawarden C, D 279, 5 Princes Gardens, balcony, Isabella Grace, c. 1861
Physical description
Sepia stereoscopic photograph, mounted on card, showing a young womnan seated on a balcony.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm
  • Width: 15.9cm
Style
Production typeUnlimited edition
Credit line
Given by Lady Clementina Tottenham
Historical context
From departmental notes

'Clementina, Lady Hawarden (Untitled) Photographic Study (or) Study from Life D.279) c.1861 5 Princes Gardens, exterior: balcony: Isabella Grace (back to camera), seated near balustrade, looking south-west to site of 1862 International Exhibition. Exhibition building under construction in distance. 95 x 159 mm (stereoscopic) PH 457-1968:455 Literature: Microfilm: 3.19.370 Also:ed. F. H. W. Sheppard, Survey of London, XXXVII , The Museums Area of South Kensington and Westminster, 1975, pI. 32a. When the Hawardens moved to 5 Princes Gardens in 1859, they may have been drawn to the area by the proximity of the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A) and the planned 1862 International Exhibition, which was held in the Horticultural Gardens (now the site of the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum). The angle of this photograph invites the viewer to look into the distance with Isabella Grace, towards the rising international exhibition building. The photograph was probably taken during the summer of 1861, as construction began in March 1861 and the exhibition was opened to the public in early 1862. [See Sheppard, op. cit., 141]'
Production
Reason For Production: Exhibition
Reason For Production: Retail
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Summary
Lady Hawarden has posed her daughter looking out across the cultural quarter of South Kensington. This area of London developed after the success of the Great Exhibition of 1851. On the skyline you can see the new buildings that were being constructed for the International Exhibition of 1862. Opposite that site was the South Kensington Museum (later the V&A), which opened its doors to the public in 1857. It was already collecting and exhibiting the art of photography in 1859, when the Hawarden family moved into their new house at 5 Princes Gardens.
Bibliographic reference
Literature: Microfilm: 3.19.370 Also:ed. F. H. W. Sheppard, Survey of London, XXXVII , The Museums Area of South Kensington and Westminster, 1975, pI. 32a.
Collection
Accession number
457:455-1968

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Record createdFebruary 22, 2004
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