PhotographsBritish19th century

Untitled (five photographs, top, Witley Court; oval in center, Rosa; bottom left, Sally; center, Mama and Bunnie; bottom right, Foxie)

1862-1888

Artists

Mary Georgiana Caroline Cecil FilmerArtist

Description

Sitter and location information: Witley Court, Worcestershire, at the time the home of the Earl of Dudley. The house was destroyed by fire in 1937. Rosa. Rosa Vernon Hill, died 19 September 1943, younger sister to Lady Filmer. Married 14 October 1874 to Captain William Duberly who died 18 December 1888. Mama, Lady Marcus Hill (Louisa née Blake), Lady Filmer's mother. Died 6 April 1886. "Sally", "Bunnie" and "Foxie" are all Ann Maria Frances, died 27 May 1876, younger sister of Lady Filmer. Married 25 August 1868 to Sir Herbert Hay Langham, 12th Baronet, who died 13 December 1909.

Classification

Photographs

Technique

Albumen silver print

Medium

Album page with five albumen silver prints decorated with gold and lavender colored paints. Gold paint is in a chain design surrounding the photograph of Witley Court surmounted by a coronet. The lavender paint frames the other four photographs and connects the four photographs with a decorative branching motif.

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Photographs

Dimensions

28.9 x 23.2 cm (11 3/8 x 9 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., New York, NY, purchased from Christie's, 1978, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1982. On Long Term Loan to the Fogg Art Museum from 1978 to 1982