A Dog Named 'Whisky'
Costanza Mazini, Mrs William Stokes Hulton (1863–1939)
Category
Photographs
Date
1886
Materials
Photographic paper attached to card page of album
Measurements
140 x 100 mm
Place of origin
Pont-Aven
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610136.2
Summary
A monochrome photograph of a small white dog looking upwards. Written in ink underneath the photograph: 'Whisky Pontaven'. Photograph 1 of 102 contained in Volume 1 of Costanza Hulton's personal photograph albums (1886 - 1901). 'Pontaven' is assumed to be Pont-Aven in Brittany, north-western France, historically a popular destination for artists and visited by Emile Bernard and Paul Gauguin. William Stokes Hulton and his wife Costanza, the parents of Edith Teresa Hulton, later Lady Berwick, spent time at Pont-Aven during their honeymoon, following their marriage in 1886.
Provenance
8th Lady Berwick collection; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).
Marks and inscriptions
Writing underneath photograph: 'Whisky Pontaven'
Makers and roles
Costanza Mazini, Mrs William Stokes Hulton (1863–1939), compiler