Clementina Maude, 5 Princes Gardens
Photograph
ca. 1863-1864 (photographed)
ca. 1863-1864 (photographed)
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The model is clothed in 18th-century ‘shepherdess’ dress and seated by a side table. Apart from the drapes covering the wall behind her, the studio is bare. One hand rests on the table. The other hand is clasped to the heart, as if the model is reflecting on a romantic attachment. As is usual in Hawarden’s compositions, there is a formal echo between the dark oblong of the side-table drawer and the white oblong outlined by a seam and the lower edge of the drapery. The lighting is managed so that the model’s bare shoulder becomes a highlight.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Albumen print from wet collodion negative |
| Brief description | 19thC; Hawarden C, D 634, Horticultural Gardens ?, Clementina, c. 1864 |
| Physical description | Sepia photograph, mounted on green card, of a young woman in 18th century fancy dress Horticultural Gardens, South Kensington: photography booth: Clementina (left profile), in fancy dress (eighteenth-century shepherdess style, with veil), seated, left hand on breast, right arm on veil on French-style side-table. |
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| Production type | Unlimited edition |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Clementina Tottenham |
| Historical context | From departmental notes 'Clementina, Lady Hawarden (Untitled) Photographic Study (or) Study from Life (D.634) c.1864 Horticultural Gardens, South Kensington: photography booth: Clementina (left profile), in fancy dress (eighteenth-century shepherdess style, with veil), seated, left hand on breast, right arm on veil on French-style side-table.Inscription (verso): No. 13; Inscription (verso of mount): (X614-)13243 x 273 mm PH 312-1947Literature: Microfilm: 3.18.21A Private View: The Erotic Image in Photograph Royal Photographic Society, 1987-88.' |
| Production | Reason For Production: Exhibition Reason For Production: Retail |
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| Summary | The model is clothed in 18th-century ‘shepherdess’ dress and seated by a side table. Apart from the drapes covering the wall behind her, the studio is bare. One hand rests on the table. The other hand is clasped to the heart, as if the model is reflecting on a romantic attachment. As is usual in Hawarden’s compositions, there is a formal echo between the dark oblong of the side-table drawer and the white oblong outlined by a seam and the lower edge of the drapery. The lighting is managed so that the model’s bare shoulder becomes a highlight. |
| Bibliographic reference | A Private View: The Erotic Image in Photograph Royal Photographic Society, 1987-88. |
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| Accession number | 312-1947 |
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| Record created | February 24, 2004 |
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