How to Pronounce Mary Georgina Filmer
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Apr 04, 1838 Died on 17 Mar 1903 (aged 64)
English collagist
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About Mary Georgina Filmer
- 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 photomontages.
- 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, 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 Metropolitan Museum of Art titled "Playing With Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage".
