| Lady Clementina Hawarden West Wing of Dundrum House with unidentified man with camera on tripod; Photographic Study 1857-1860 (ca) Stereocard, albumen print, from wet collodion negative 7.8 x 14.2 cm Victoria and Albert Museum Given by Lady Clementina Tottenham, Museum number: 457:58-1968 LL/66252 Curatorial description (Accessed: 29 March 2016)
Here Lady Hawarden shows photography taking place beside her Irish home, at Dundrum House in County Tipperary. A camera on a tripod points away from the house. A dark cloth is draped across the tripod. A printing frame rests against one of the tripod’s legs. A fellow photographer stands beside the apparatus, looking towards Hawarden’s camera. The photograph captures the special fellowship that flourished among the earliest generations of amateur (and professional) photographers.
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