Edith Teresa Hulton, 1890-1972 (later Lady Berwick) inside a Soldiers’ Canteen, Italy, 1916
Category
Photographs
Date
1916 (possibly early) - May 1916
Materials
Photographic paper attached to cartridge paper page of album
Measurements
118 x 89 mm
Place of origin
Italy
Collection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610239.18
Summary
A monochrome photograph showing a three-quarter length image of Edith Teresa Hulton. She is facing the camera, wearing a dark, winter suit, collar and tie, fox fur tippet and straw hat. There is a Red Cross armband on her left arm and her right hand is in her pocket. Behind her are three wooden shelves. On the lowest shelf are three pitchers and a large straw basket. There are mugs on the middle shelf with some hanging from hooks. On the shelf above are mugs hanging from hooks and pot plants. The wall behind is of vertical wooden boarding. Undated but possibly early 1916. Photograph Number 16 of 20 photographs, on Page 16 of Edith Teresa Hulton’s Personal Album: Zona di Guerra October 1915 – May 1916 (see CMS Number 610239.1). Edith Teresa Hulton (1890-1972), later Lady Berwick, worked as a Red Cross volunteer in a variety of locations in the Italian war zone during World War I. She married Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick of Attingham (1877-1947) on 30th June 1919 in Venice, Italy.
Provenance
8th Lady Berwick collection; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).