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Clementina and Isabella Grace Maude, 5 Princes Gardens
Clementina, Lady Hawarden, born 1822 - died 1865 - Enlarge image
Clementina and Isabella Grace 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.234-1947
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level H, case X, shelf 33H, box XX
Here Lady Hawarden stages a tableau that looks as if it might derive from an opera. Her eldest daughters are dressed as a young man, on the left, and a young woman, on the right. The young woman appears to be offering a purse to the man, but he raises his hands to reject it and looks away. The scene is staged in the studio with very few props - the casement of a window, a side table and a strip of net curtain. The strong side lighting from the window and the intricate pattern of shadows give life and animation to the scene.
