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Photograph - Isabella Grace Maude on balcony, 5 Princes Gardens; Photographic Study
  • Isabella Grace Maude on balcony, 5 Princes Gardens
    Clementina, Lady Hawarden, born 1822 - died 1865
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Isabella Grace Maude on balcony, 5 Princes Gardens; Photographic Study

  • Object:

    Photograph

  • Place of origin:

    South Kensington, England (photographed)

  • Date:

    1861 (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.457:455-1968

  • Gallery location:

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

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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.

Physical description

Sepia stereoscopic photograph, mounted on card, showing a young womnan seated on a balcony.

Place of Origin

South Kensington, England (photographed)

Date

1861 (photographed)

Artist/maker

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

Materials and Techniques

Albumen print from wet collodion negative

Dimensions

Height: 9.5 cm, Width: 15.9 cm

Historical context note

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]'

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

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.

Production Note

Reason For Production: Exhibition
Reason For Production: Retail

Materials

Photograph

Techniques

Albumen process

Subjects depicted

Clothing; South Kensington; Maude, Isabella Grace

Categories

Portraits; Photographs

Production Type

Unlimited edition

Collection code

PDP

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