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Photograph

1861
Artist/Maker
Clementina, Lady Hawarden

5 Princes Gardens, interior: first floor, front: right window (net curtain drawn back): floor-boards: governess (left profile), eyes closed, seated at three-legged table, sewing. Cheval-glass on right, reflecting her back. Visible through window: balcony; balustrade; 1862 International Exhibition building in distance. Embossed (recto, right edge): 1862 (or) 1864 (and) BFK

Object details

Category
Scotland
Object type
Photograph
Materials and techniques
Albumen print
Photographic Paper
Albumen Process
Brief description
19thC; Hawarden C, D 312, 5 Princes Gardens, governess ?, c. 1861
Physical description
5 Princes Gardens, interior: first floor, front: right window (net curtain drawn back): floor-boards: governess (left profile), eyes closed, seated at three-legged table, sewing. Cheval-glass on right, reflecting her back. Visible through window: balcony; balustrade; 1862 International Exhibition building in distance. Embossed (recto, right edge): 1862 (or) 1864 (and) BFK
Dimensions
  • Height: 115mm
  • Length: 90mm
Historical context
From departmental notes

'Clementina, Lady Hawarden (Untitled) Photographic Study (or) Study from Life (D.312) c.1861 5 Princes Gardens, interior: first floor, front: right window (net curtain drawn back): floor-boards: governess (left profile), eyes closed, seated at three-legged table, sewing. Cheval-glass on right, reflecting her back. Visible through window: balcony; balustrade; 1862 International Exhibition building in distance. Embossed (recto, right edge): 1862 (or) 1864 (and) BFK 115 x 90 mm PH 457-1968:328 Series 53 Literature: Microfilm: 3.19.295 Frauen in der Kunst (travelling exhibition), Ne e Gesellschaft fur bildende Kunst, Berlin, 1977; Moment in Time: Scottish Contributions to Photography 1840-1920(travelling exhibition), Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, 1983. See Ph 457-1968:560 (D.311)'
Bibliographic reference
Literature: Microfilm: 3.19.295
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
457:328-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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