Lady Clementina Hawarden (1 June 1822 – 19 January 1865) was a noted portrait photographer of the 1860s. Hawarden first began to experiment with photography in 1857, taking stereoscopic landscape photographs before moving to large-format, stand-alone portraits of her daughters.
Biography of Lady Clementina Hawarden
Lady Clementina Hawarden, pioneering 19th century photographer, her life, her themes and style, working methods and related photography.
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Lady Clementina Hawarden: Themes & Style
Hawarden's work was admired by many critics. Rather than focusing on the faces of her sitters, she used the surroundings in the room, as well as backdrops and fabrics, to a…
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Lady Clementina Hawarden working methods
Hawarden made albumen prints from wet-collodion negatives, the most popular method in the mid 19th century.
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Lady Clementina Hawarden and the V&A
The V&A's collection of photographs by Clementina Hawarden came to the Museum following an exhibition in 1939: Early Photographs to Commemorate the Centenary of Photography…
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Lady Clementina Hawarden: Related Photographers
Hawarden has often been compared to her contemporary, Julia Margaret Cameron. Cameron was a photographer who actively exhibited and sold her work. She experimented with tec…
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