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Lady Mary Georgina Filmer (née Cecil, 4 April 1838 – 17 March 1903) was an early proponent of the art of photographic collage.
A Victorian socialite, Lady Filmer produced several albums consisting of watercolour scenes decorated with Roberta Smith, "The Pastime of Victorian Cutups"
''The New York Times'', 4 February 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
Examples of Mary Georgina Filmer's work from Luminous Lint
{{DEFAULTSORT:Filmer, Mary Georgina Pioneers of photography 1838 births 1903 deaths British women photographers 19th-century English photographers 19th-century British women artists Wives of baronets Collage artists Women collage artists Photographers from London 19th-century women photographers
Lady Mary Georgina Filmer (née Cecil, 4 April 1838 – 17 March 1903) was an early proponent of the art of photographic collage.
A Victorian socialite, Lady Filmer produced several albums consisting of watercolour scenes decorated with photomontage
Photomontage is the process and the result of making a composite photograph by cutting, gluing, rearranging and overlapping two or more photographs into a new image. Sometimes the resulting composite image is photographed so that the final image ...
s. One of her works (from the so-called ''Filmer Album'') depicts a drawing room, painted in watercolour, in which she has added photographic cut-outs from albumen silver prints. She positions herself next to a large figure of the Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales ( cy, Tywysog Cymru, ; la, Princeps Cambriae/Walliae) is a title traditionally given to the heir apparent to the English and later British throne. Prior to the conquest by Edward I in the 13th century, it was used by the rulers ...
, with whom she was known to flirt. Her albums and glue pot are set out on a large table beside her. Much smaller, Sir Edmund Filmer, her husband, is seated next to a pet dog. In 2010, the work was included in an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, which traveled to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 ...
, titled "Playing With Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage".''The New York Times'', 4 February 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
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Examples of Mary Georgina Filmer's work from Luminous Lint
{{DEFAULTSORT:Filmer, Mary Georgina Pioneers of photography 1838 births 1903 deaths British women photographers 19th-century English photographers 19th-century British women artists Wives of baronets Collage artists Women collage artists Photographers from London 19th-century women photographers