Lady Clementina Hawardern

Lady Hawardern was born near Glasgow, England on June 1st 1822. She grew up with five brothers and sisters. There is very little to be known about her, but her father,Adirmal Charles Elphinstone Fleeming, is very well known for his service in the army. He was in the Venezuelan and Combodian war for about 16 years. Her mother, Catalina Pualina Alessandra, was 26 years younger than her husband. Her life doesn't stop getting interesting there, she got married in 1845 to a man named Cornwallis Muade. Hawardern and her husband had ten childeren together, two boys and eight girls, only eight of the childeren survived to adulthood.

Hawardern is considered to be one of the best photographers, she has also became one of my favorite. It is believed that she started photography in 1857, she photographed all sorts of things, such as her daughters and landscapes. One of the reasons why I say she Hawardern is one of the best photographers is because she exhibited her work in 1863 and 1864, and was awared the Society silver medal in both years. Unfortunely, she died before she was able to recieve any of the two awards. She died in January 19th 1865, after suffering pneumonia for about a week. Hawardern was only 42 years old when she died, it is believed that she died from over exposure to photograph chemicals that caused her immune system to weaken. Which is a shame because she was a tremendous photographer.

This picture here is one of my favorite pictures she took, because of the whole concept of her kneeling down towards the window and seeing what kind of mood she is in, but most of all, how lovely she really looks in this picture. I think that this picture is very well done.

> This picture here is one of my other favorites Hawardern has done, mainly because of how simple and how pretty the little girl looks in this picture. This picture, and many other Hawardern's photographs are out of the ordinary and that's what I like most of all in the kind of work she did!