Edith Teresa Hulton, later Lady Berwick (1890-1972) and her sister Gioconda Mary Hulton (1887-1940) with Mary Wenckheim and Anne Bianchi - Mogliano Easter 1903
Ann Arfwedsson (fl.1903)
Category
Photographs
Date
1903
Materials
Photographic paper attached to card page of album
Measurements
86 x 85 mm
Place of origin
Mogliano
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610168.26
Summary
A monochrome photograph of a group of four girls in front of a white building. The girls are standing in a line and holding hands. The group includes Edith Teresa Hulton (1890-1972) at the extreme left when looking at the photo and her elder sister Gioconda Mary Hulton (1887-1940) third from left, with their friends Mary Wenckheim and Anne Bianchi. Written in ink underneath the photograph: 'Bimbele, Mary Wenckheim, Gioconda, Anne Bianchi' and 'Mogliano Easter Monday 1903 done by Anne Arfwedson'. Photograph 25 of 134 contained in Volume 2 of Costanza Hulton's personal photograph albums (1901 - 1906). 'Bimbele' is 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. '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. 'Anne Arfwedson' was the daughter of Major Arfwedson. She usually spelt her forename as 'Ann'. This photograph 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 610168.25.
Provenance
8th Lady Berwick collection; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).
Marks and inscriptions
Writing underneath photograph: ‘Bimbele, Mary Wenckheim, Gioconda, Anne Bianchi' and Mogliano Easter Monday 1903 done by Anne Arfwedsson'
Makers and roles
Ann Arfwedsson (fl.1903), photographer