Edith Teresa Hulton, later Lady Berwick (1890-1972) with Gysella Hellenbach and Mary Wenckheim at The Lido, Venice - 1902
Therese Reiss
Category
Photographs
Date
1902
Materials
Photographic paper attached to card page of album
Measurements
90 x 116 mm
Place of origin
Venice
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610168.13
Summary
A monochrome photograph of Edith Teresa Hulton (1890-1972) with Gysella Hellenbach and Mary Wenckheim at The Lido, Venice. They are standing next to some small shrubs with trees visible in the background. Written in ink underneath the photograph: 'Bim, Gysella, Mary - Lido 1902 done by Miss Reiss'. Photograph 12 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 Teresa Hulton after meeting her at dance classes organised by 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. Gyzella Hellenbach von Paczolay (1857-1920) was a Croatian baroness whose sister had married into the Venetian aristocracy. 'Miss Reiss' is Frl Therese Reiss who was Mary Wenckheim's governess. This photograph was taken on the Lido, an 11km sandbar in Venice, northern Italy. See also national Trust Inventory Number 610168.12.
Provenance
8th Lady Berwick collection; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).
Marks and inscriptions
Writing underneath photograph: 'Bim, Gysella, Mary - Lido 1902 done by Miss Reiss'
Makers and roles
Therese Reiss, photographer