William Stokes Hulton (1852–1921) and Edith Teresa Hulton, later Lady Berwick (1890-1972) with Gysella Hellenbach and Mary Wenckheim in Marocco, Italy - Winter 1902
Therese Reiss
Category
Photographs
Date
1902
Materials
Photographic paper attached to card page of album
Measurements
117 x 90 mm
Place of origin
Marocco
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610168.11
Summary
A monochrome photograph of William Stokes Hulton (1852-1921) and his youngest daughter Edith Teresa Hulton (1890-1972) with Gysella Hellenbach and Mary Wenckheim. All four people have bicycles and they are in front of a building with a large archway. Written in ink underneath the photograph: 'Willy, Bim, Gysella, Mary at Marocco Winter 1902' and 'done by Miss Reiss'. Photograph 10 of 134 contained in Volume 2 of Costanza Hulton's personal photograph albums (1901 - 1906). 'Bim' is short for Bimbele, the Hulton family nickname for Edith Teresa Hulton. Edith Teresa Hulton became Lady Berwick when she married Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick of Attingham (1877-1947) on 30 June 1919. Countess Maria Christine Klara “Mary” Wenckheim (1889-1970)was born in Hungary and became a lifelong friend of Edith Teresa Hulton after meeting her at dance classes organised by Edith Teresa's mother, Costanza Hulton when the two girls were around 10 years old. In 1913 Mary married the Bohemian Count Dobrženský and settled on his estate in what is now the Czech Republic. Numerous letters between the women are in the Attingham Collection, Shropshire Archives Accession 112. 'Miss Reiss' who was the photographer for this image is Frl Therese Reiss who was Mary Wenckheim's governess. This photograph was taken in Marocco, a place close to Mogliano Veneto in northern Italy,
Provenance
8th Lady Berwick collection; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).
Marks and inscriptions
Writing underneath photograph: 'Willy, Bim, Gysella, Mary at Marocco' and 'done by Miss Reiss'
Makers and roles
Therese Reiss, photographer