The Hulton family, with the Bianchis, the Arfwedssons, Therese Reiss, Mary Wenckheim, Alice Pfeil, Mrs Eden and the Fontaines, Mogliano - Easter Monday 1903
Anne Bianchi
Category
Photographs
Date
1903
Materials
Photographic paper attached to card page of album
Measurements
86 x 87 mm
Place of origin
Mogliano
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610168.25
Summary
A monochrome photograph of a group of fourteen people in front of a white building. The group includes William Stokes Hulton (1852-1921), his wife Costanza (Zina) Hulton (née Mazini) (1863-1939) and their daughters Gioconda Mary Hulton (1887-1940) and Edith Teresa Hulton (1890-1972) with friends including Alice Pfeil, Fräulein Reiss, Baron and Baroness Bianchi, Mary Wenckheim, Madame Arfwedsson, Major Arfwedsson and Mrs Eden. Written in ink underneath the photograph: 'Anne A, Fr Reiss, Willy, L Fontaine, Mme de Fontaine, Maj A, Z. Hulton, Gioconda, Bn Bianchi, Alice Pfeil, Bss Bianchi, Mrs Eden, Mary W, Bim' and 'Mogliano Easter Monday 1903 done by Anne'. Photograph 24 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 who became Lady Berwick when she married Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick of Attingham (1877-1947) on 30 June 1919. 'Maj A' is Major Arfwedsson, a Swedish cavalry officer. 'Anne A' is his daughter Ann. ‘L Fontaine’ is Leonie Nasalli Rocca Fontaine, known as Lilli, some of whose letters survive in the Attingham Collection, see below. 'Mary W' is Countess Maria Christine Klara “Mary” Wenckheim (1889-1970) who 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. 'Fr[äulein] Reiss' is Therese Reiss, Mary Wenckheim’s governess. 'Mrs Eden' is Caroline Eden, sister of Gertrude Jekyll and a permanent resident of Venice. This photograph was taken by Anne Bianchi the daughter of Baron and Baroness Bianchi. It was taken on the Bianchi estate in Mogliano Veneto, a town halfway between Venice and Treviso. See also National Trust Inventory Numbers 610168.24 and 610168.26.
Provenance
8th Lady Berwick collection; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).
Marks and inscriptions
Writing underneath photograph: 'Mme A, Fr Reiss, Willy, L Fontaine, Mme de Fontaine, Maj A, Z. Hulton, Gioconda, Brn Bianchi, Alice Pfeil, Brns Bianchi, Mrs Eden, Mary W, Bim' and 'Mogliano Easter Monday 1903 done by Anne'.
Makers and roles
Anne Bianchi, photographer