1860
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Florence Elizabeth Maude, Cornwallis Hawarden, Clementina Maude and unidentified man, Togge House, Dundrum is a 1860 photographic by Clementina Hawarden, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photo shows Lady Hawarden’s three children and a violinist posing in a staged scene. Two kids stand barefoot, maybe playing gypsies. The image mixes daily life with storytelling. It’s a family moment, but also a creative setup. Photography in the 1850s could be stiff—so Hawarden used it to build little scenes instead. Look next at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A sepia photograph mounted on green card depicts three children and a man playing a violin outside a small outbuilding. Two of the children, dressed in peasant-style blouses, skirts, and scarves, stand barefoot on planks, their hands positioned on their hips or clasped, while the seated fiddler rests on an overturned barrel. The scene, set on the south lawn, reflects mid-19th-century interest in idealized portrayals of rural life, though the models are not anonymized. The photograph is inscribed "No 53" on the verso and measures 240 by 284 millimeters.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden, commonly known as Lady Clementina Hawarden, was a Scottish amateur portrait photographer of the Victorian era. She produced over 800 photographs mostly of her adolescent daughters.
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