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5 Princes Gardens, Isabella Grace, Clementina

Photograph
c. 1863-64 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

5 Princes Gardens, interior: first floor, front: centre or left window (not shown): screen: floor-boards: Isabella Grace, eyes up, arms akimbo, and Clementina, eyes up, right hand around Isabella Grace's waist and left hand on her left shoulder, both in fancy dress (Biblical or Orientalist), both standing.

Object details

Category
Object type
Title5 Princes Gardens, Isabella Grace, Clementina (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print
Brief description
Photograph by Lady Hawarden, '5 Princes Gardens, Isabella Grace, Clementina', c. 1863-64
Physical description
5 Princes Gardens, interior: first floor, front: centre or left window (not shown): screen: floor-boards: Isabella Grace, eyes up, arms akimbo, and Clementina, eyes up, right hand around Isabella Grace's waist and left hand on her left shoulder, both in fancy dress (Biblical or Orientalist), both standing.
Dimensions
  • Height: 236mm
  • Length: 237mm
Credit line
Given by Lady Clementina Tottenham
Historical context
From departmental notes

'Clementina, Lady Hawarden (Untitled) Photographic Study (or) Study from Life (D.653) c.1863-c.1864 5 Princes Gardens, interior: first floor, front: centre or left window (not shown): screen: floor-boards: Isabella Grace, eyes up, arms akimbo, and Clementina, eyes up, right hand around Isabella Grace's waist and left hand on her left shoulder, both in fancy dress (Biblical or Orientalist), both standing. 236 x 237 mm PH 359-1947 Series 126 Literature: ed. Graham Ovenden, Clementina Lady Hawarden, 1974, p.89, and front dust-wrapper; Roy Aspin, Weary Neutral Days', The British Journal of Photography (28 May 1982), p.565 (lower left). Microfilm: 3.18.88; V&A Picture Library negativ no. GA 3462 (reference no. 19032 ('cat no 417' 'Two Bohemian Girls' ». Frauen in der Kunst (travelling exhibition), Ne Gesellschaft fur bildende Kunst, Berlin, 1977; Pre-Raphaelite Photography (travelling exhibition), British Council, 1983. No. 38; The Golden Age of British Photography (travelling exhibition), Victoria and Albert Museum, 1984-8'
Bibliographic reference
Literature: ed. Graham Ovenden, Clementina Lady Hawarden, 1974, p.89, and front dust-wrapper; Roy Aspin, Weary Neutral Days', The British Journal of Photography (28 May 1982), p.565 (lower left). Microfilm: 3.18.88; V&A Picture Library negativ no. GA 3462 (reference no. 19032 ('cat no 417' 'Two Bohemian Girls' ».
Other number
D 653
Collection
Accession number
359-1947

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Record createdMay 22, 2009
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