Gioconda Mary Hulton (1887-1940) and Edith Teresa Hulton, later Lady Berwick (1890-1972) with Emilia Giurovich and Thesese Reiss at The Lido, Venice - 1902
Mary Wenckheim, Countess Dobrženský (1889 - 1970)
Category
Photographs
Date
1902
Materials
Photographic paper attached to card page of album
Measurements
66 x 116 mm
Place of origin
Venice
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610168.12
Summary
A monochrome photograph of Gioconda Mary Hulton (1887-1940) and her sister Edith Teresa Hulton (1890-1972) with Signorina Emilia Giurovich and Therese Reiss at The Lido in Venice. The four are standing in a line facing the camera, with Gioconda at the extreme left when looking at the photo and Teresa Hulton at the extreme right, holding a stick or branch in her left hand. Therese Reiss, standing second from the left, is holding a small dog. Written in ink underneath the photograph: 'Gio, Miss Reiss, Signa Giurovich, Bim - Lido - done by Mary 1902'. Photograph 11 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. Therese Reiss was the governess of Teresa Hulton's friend Mary Wenckheim who took this photograph. Signorina Emilia Giurovich, originally from Dalmatia, was a close friend of the Hultons. 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. This photograph was taken on the Lido, an 11km long sandbar in Venice, northern Italy. See also National Trust Inventory Number 610168.13.
Provenance
8th Lady Berwick collection; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).
Marks and inscriptions
Writing underneath photograph: 'Gio, Miss Reiss, Signa Giurovich, Bim - Lido - done by Mary 1902'
Makers and roles
Mary Wenckheim, Countess Dobrženský (1889 - 1970), photographer