Clarisse Bischoffsheim née Biedermann 1837 - 1922
Frederick Hollyer (1837 - London 1933)
Category
Photographs
Date
circa 1906 - circa 1942
Materials
Paper, card, ink
Measurements
380 x 300 mm
Place of origin
Kensington, London
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1247860
Summary
A studio portrait photograph and photogravure of Clarisse dressed as Anne of Austria, wife of Louis XIII of France, her costume for the Duchess of Devonshire's Ball in 1897.
Full description
Obituary in The Annual Register, Volume 164, pub. 1923 by Edmund Burke: "Mrs. H. L. Bischoffsheim, aged 85, nee Clarisse Biedermann, was the daughter of the Court Jeweller of Vienna. She married Mr. Henry Louis Bischoffsheim, a famous London City magnate, in 1856. Of handsome appearance, and with great social gifts, she won the favourable regard of Queen Victoria and was known for many years in London as a society hostess. She and her husband were also well known for their charitable undertakings. They founded at Woburn Sands the Daneswood Sanatorium for Jewish Consumptives. She had been a widow since 1908, and left two daughters, one of whom is married to Earl Desart." Clarisse visited Polesden Lacey as a guest of Margaret Greville in 1910.
Marks and inscriptions
On print, top left corner: Signed: 'Clarissa of Austria' Reverse of mount: COPYRIGHT, FREDk HOLLYER, 9, PEMBROKE SQUARE, KENSINGTON
Makers and roles
Frederick Hollyer (1837 - London 1933), manufacturer