Category: Etheldreda Janet Laing, Etheldreda Laing

Etheldreda Laing’s Autochromes

Etheldreda Janet Laing :: An Autochrome of a young girl sitting on a balcony next to a bowl of flowers, taken about 1910. The young girl, her faced shadowed by her straw bonnet, is possibly one of Janet Laing's daughters. | Getty Images
Etheldreda Janet Laing :: An Autochrome of a young girl sitting on a balcony next to a bowl of flowers, taken about 1910. The young girl, her faced shadowed by her straw bonnet, is possibly one of Janet Laing’s daughters. | Getty Images
Etheldreda Janet Laing :: A young girl sitting on a balcony next to a bowl of flowers, Bury Knowle House, Oxfordshire, England, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | Getty Images
Etheldreda Janet Laing :: A young girl sitting on a balcony next to a bowl of flowers, Bury Knowle House, Oxfordshire, England, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | Getty Images
Etheldreda Janet Laing :: An autochrome of a young girl in a garden next to a flowerbed, about 1910. The young girl, her straw bonnet on the ground beside her, is possibly one of Janet Laing's daughters. | Getty Images
Etheldreda Janet Laing :: An autochrome of a young girl in a garden next to a flowerbed, about 1910. The young girl, her straw bonnet on the ground beside her, is possibly one of Janet Laing’s daughters. | Getty Images

Girls with parasol in autochrome

ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 03: An autochrome of a young girl, daughter of the photographer, sitting in the shade in a garden, holding a parasol over her shoulder, taken by Etheldreda Janet Laing. In the summer of 1908 Laing took a series of autochrome portraits of her children in the garden of the family home, Bury Knowle.
Etheldreda Janet Laing :: A girl, daughter of the photographer [Janet], sitting in the shade in a garden, holding a parasol over her shoulder, taken in the summer of 1908 at the gardens of Bury Knowle House, Oxfordshire. Autochrome. | Getty Images
ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 03: An autochrome of a girl, daughter of the photographer, with a parasol by a flower bed, taken by Etheldreda Janet Laing. In the summer of 1908 Laing took a series of autochrome portraits of her children in the garden of the family home, Bury Knowle.
Etheldreda Janet Laing :: A girl, one of the daughters of the photographer [Janet] wearing a bonnet, with a parasol by a flower bed, taken in the summer of 1908 at the gardens of Bury Knowle House, Oxfordshire. Autochrome. | Getty Images
An autochrome of her daughter sitting under a tree, taken by Etheldreda Janet Laing. Next to her, a basket overflows with ribbons and thread as she holds a length of fabric she may be embroidering. She carries a parasol to shade her face from the bright sunshine.
Etheldreda Janet Laing :: A girl, one of Laing’s daughters, Iris, with a parasol, sitting next to a basket of flowers and ribbons at the gardens of Bury Knowle House, Oxfordshire, ca. 1912. Autochrome. | National Science and Media Museum
Etheldreda Janet Laing :: Iris and Janet [daughters of the photographer] with parasol at the gardens of Bury Knowle House, Oxfordshire, between 1908-1914. Autochrome. | Getty Images

Please note that the dates in each Autochrome are not as accurate as they may be. The photos are dated as they were found in the respective sources. Also note that while Getty Images dates all Autochromes by Laing in 1908 the Science and Media Museum dates them between 1910-1914. At least the location seems not to be a matter for debate.

Iris and Janet in Bury Knowle

Etheldreda Janet Laing :: Iris and Janet, ca. 1914. Autochrome. The younger sister (Iris) has fallen asleep in her sister's lap.| src Science and Media Museum (The Dawn of Colour)
Etheldreda Janet Laing :: Iris and Janet, ca. 1914. Autochrome. The younger sister (Iris) has fallen asleep in her sister’s lap.| src Science and Media Museum (The Dawn of Colour)
An Autochrome of Etheldreda Janet Laing's daughters. The two sisters, dressed in matching green-striped dresses, relax on the grass in a sunny garden after picking a bunch of flowers. In the summer of 1908 Laing took a series of autochrome portraits of her children in the garden of the family home, Bury Knowle in Oxfordshire. | Getty Images
An Autochrome of Etheldreda Janet Laing’s daughters. The two sisters, dressed in matching green-striped dresses, relax on the grass in a sunny garden after picking a bunch of flowers. In the summer of 1908 Laing took a series of autochrome portraits of her children in the garden of the family home, Bury Knowle in Oxfordshire. | Getty Images
Etheldreda Janet Laing :: An autochrome of the photographer’s daughters sitting in a garden tying roses together, September 1908. In the summer of 1908 Laing took a series of autochrome portraits of her children in the garden of the family home, Bury Knowle in Oxfordshire. | Getty Images

Girls in Kimono (1908-1912)

Etheldreda Janet Laing (1872-1960) :: Girl in a Kimono, 1908. An Autochrome portrait of the photographer’s eldest daughter (Janet) dressed in a pink kimono. The design of the kimono is mirrored by the flower arrangement beside her. Japanese style and art became increasingly popular in England at the turn of the twentieth century. | src Getty Images
Girl in a Kimono, ca. 1908. An autochrome portrait of Janet Laing dressed in a pink kimono, taken by Etheldreda Janet Laing. | Getty Images
Etheldreda Janet Laing :: Two girls in oriental costume, ca. 1908. An Autochrome of the photographer’s daughters dressed in Japanese-style outfits. They both have flowers in their hair, which is typical in the geisha ‘Shimada’ fashion. | Getty Images
Autochrome photograph by Etheldreda Janet Laing. Image shows Laing’s daughter Janet in Oriental dress. Taken circa 1912. | src Science and Media Museum

Although these Autochromes are dated in Getty Images 1908 (or ca. 1908), the original source: the National Science and Media Museum date them around 1912.