![[Mote. Portrait of young girl placed on seat in drawing room. Young girl with long plaited hair embraces foal. Very large gilt mirror with leaf-like border, hanging over China cabinet.]](/IIIF/000530000/000523019/vtls000523019_001.jp2/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
[Mote. Portrait of young girl placed on seat in drawing room. Young girl with long plaited hair embraces foal. Very large gilt mirror with leaf-like border, hanging over China cabinet.]
[graphic].
| Main Creator: | |
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| Summary: | Portraits. |
| In collection: | Clonbrock Photographic Collection |
| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
| Published / Created: |
[ca. 1900].
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| Subjects: | |
| Notes: | Additional information about this photograph is available on the National Library of Ireland's Flickr Commons photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/32158952497/ Physical description: 1 photonegative : 10.5 x 8 cm. more |
The blessing of the Clonbrock Collection is that it gives us insights into a very privileged aspect of Irish society at a time of change. The wealth, the opulence, the comfort were contrary to the everyday experience of the majority of the population, yet these were people who took an active part in Irish life within their own milieu. Today's image of a room crowded with fine furniture and featuring the portrait of a beautiful young woman can wing us back to that era that is now, sadly, gone!
Photographers: Dillon Family
Contributors: Luke Gerald Dillon, Augusta Caroline Dillon
Collection: Clonbrock photographic Collection
Date: c.1900
NLI Ref: CLON1166
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Tags:
Luke Gerald Dillon, Baron Clonbrock, Augusta Caroline Dillon, Baroness Clonbrock, Dillon Family, National Library of Ireland, Art, portrait, Foal, China Cabinet, Clonbrock Photographic Collection
Comments
O Mac
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia] Is that a kangaroo she's holding?
Posted: 15.02.2019
sharon.corbet
There's a similar picture (a bit blurrier) dated as 1926, and marked as Library pictures, Mote
Posted: 15.02.2019
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/91549360@N03] I don't think so. Perhaps it is a ...
♫ Doe, a deer, a female deer ... ♫
Posted: 15.02.2019
O Mac
It could possibly be an early portrait of Lady Augusta Dillon as she was from Mote Park.
Posted: 15.02.2019
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Perhaps it is in the drawing room, not the library which had distinctive patterned wallpaper - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000523312
Posted: 15.02.2019
CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY
"insights into a very privileged aspect of Irish society at a time of change. The wealth, the opulence, the comfort"
I see a different picture. The furniture and carpet look pretty worn and tatty, when this photo was taken. The walls do not look very clean. The picture on the wall, near the door frame is not straight. The wall has some very faint pattern on it.
So, perhaps this family's best days had past.
And, the young girl (a dear) is embracing a fawn (a young deer).
Posted: 15.02.2019
Foxglove
@Cassidy :-) maybe setting the painting up for an eBay sale !?
Posted: 15.02.2019
