Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden

Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden, née Fleming

1 June 1822 – 19 January 1865, commonly known as Lady Clementina Hawarden, was a noted portrait photographer of the 1860s. A daughter of Admiral Charles Elphinstone Fleming, she married Cornwallis Maude, 4th Viscount Hawarden in 1845; the couple had ten children. She turned to photography in late 1857 or early 1858, whilst living on the estate of her husband's family in Dundrum, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. A move to London in 1859 allowed her to set up a studio in her elegant home in South Kensington. There she took many of the characteristic portraits for which she is principally remembered, many of which include her children.

The Viscountess Hawarden first exhibited in the annual exhibition of the Photographic Society of London in January 1863 and was elected a member of the Society the following March. Her work was widely acclaimed for its "artistic excellence", winning her the medal for composition at the exhibition.

Lewis Carroll, also a photographer, was an admirer of Hawarden's work.

A collection of her portraits is held by the Victorian and Albert Museum, London.

References:

• Lady Clementina Hawarden
• History of photography by Robert Leggat

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Birth: June 1 1822 - of Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire, Scotland Death: Jan 19 1865 - London, England, United Kingdom
Parents: Charles Elphinstone Fleeming, Doña Catalina Paulina Alesandro De Jiminez
Husband: Cornwallis Maude Earl de Montalt of Dundrum
Children: Isabella Grace Abbot (born Maude), Clementina M Maude, Florence Elizabeth Maude, Cornwallis Maude, Lady Kathleen Maude, Beatrix Emma Maude, Elphinstone Agnes Sugden (born Maude), and names of 3 more children
Siblings: Maria Carlota Catalina Micaela Martina Elphinstone Fleeming, John Fleming Elphinstone, Mary Keith Macallister (born Elphinstone Fleeming), Marion Fleming, Anne Elisabeth Elphinstone Graham (born Fleeming)

Clementina Hawarden (British photographer) 1822 - 1865

Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden, née Fleeming, commonly known as Lady Clementina Hawarden, was a noted portrait photographer of the 1860s. A daughter of Admiral Charles Elphinstone Fleeming, she married Cornwallis Maude, 4th Viscount Hawarden in 1845; the couple had ten children. She turned to photography in late 1857 or early 1858, whilst living on the estate of her husband's family in Dundrum, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. A move to London in 1859 allowed her to set up a studio in her elegant home in South Kensington. There she took many of the characteristic portraits for which she is principally remembered, many of which include her children.
The Viscountess Hawarden first exhibited in the annual exhibition of the Photographic Society of London in January 1863 and was elected a member of the Society the following March. Her work was widely acclaimed for its artistic excellence, winning her the medal for composition at the exhibition. Lewis Carroll, also a photographer, was an admirer of Hawarden's work.

A collection of her portraits is held by the Victorian and Albert Museum, London.

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 11 2022, 17:25:56 UTC