Mary Georgina Filmer
Amateur photographer
Died when: 64 years 347 days (779 months)Star Sign: Aries
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 Art Institute of Chicago, which traveled to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, titled "Playing With Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage".