The castle at Gács - September 1902
probably Mary Wenckheim, Countess Dobrženský (1889 - 1970)
Category
Photographs
Date
1902
Materials
Photographic paper attached to card page of album
Measurements
67 x 142 mm
Place of origin
Halič
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610168.17
Summary
A monochrome photograph of the castle at Gács. Written in ink underneath the photograph: 'Gacs Sept 1902'. Photograph 16 of 134 contained in Volume 2 of Costanza Hulton's personal photograph albums (1901 - 1906). This photograph is assumed to have been taken by Countess Maria Christine Klara “Mary” Wenckheim (1889-1970) who was born in Hungary and became a lifelong friend of 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. Gács was the Hungarian name for Halič a village and municipality in the Lučenec district of present day Slovakia, although until 1920 the village belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and was formally part of the Wenckheim estate. The castle dates from circa 1450. See also National Trust Inventory Number 610168.16.
Provenance
8th Lady Berwick collection; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).
Marks and inscriptions
Writing underneath photograph: 'Gacs Sept 1902'
Makers and roles
probably Mary Wenckheim, Countess Dobrženský (1889 - 1970), photographer