Finding aid for D. Freuler, Holyrood, 124, avenue de Wagram, Paris, circa 1870-1879 90.R.72
Beth Ann Guynn
Special Collections
2019
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Title: D. Freuler, Holyrood, 124, avenue de Wagram, Paris
Creator:
Freuler, D.
Identifier/Call Number: 90.R.72
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1870-1879
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Abstract: The album of twenty albumen photographs by D. Freuler documents Holyrood, an opulent Parisian
townhouse on Avenue de Wagram designed by Charles des Anges, that was home to Marie Sinclair, Lady Caithness and duchesse
de Pomár, the second wife of
James Sinclair, Earl of Caithness.
Language of Material: Collection material is in French.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
D. Freuler, Holyrood, 124 Avenue de Wagram, Paris, circa 1870-1879, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no.
90.R.72.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa90r72
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in a single series: Series I. D. Freuler, Holyrood, 124 Avenue de Wagram, Paris, circa 1870-1879.
Biographical / Historical
D. Freuler was a photographer active in Paris during the last decades of the nineteenth century. He had studios successively
at 8, rue Barbouillère;
195,rue de Vaugirard; and 169, rue de Vaugirard.
Sources consulted:
____, "D. Frueler,"
BnF Data. https://data.bnf.fr/fr/15613918/d__freuler/
Digitized Material
The collection was digitized by the repository in 2019 and the images are available online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/90r72
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 1990.
Processing Information
The finding aid was written by Beth Ann Guynn and Nieves Maria Rocha in 2019.
Scope and Content of Collection
The album of twenty albumen photographs documents Holyrood, an opulent Parisian townhouse on Avenue de Wagram designed by
Charles des Anges, that was
home to Marie Sinclair, Lady Caithness and duchesse de Pomár. Marie Sinclair (1830-1895) née de Mariategui, the daughter of
a Spanish nobleman and an
English aristocrat, was the widow of General le Comte de Medina Pomár and the second wife of James Sinclair, Earl of Caithness.
After the earl's death
in 1881 she took the house on the Avenue de Wagram as her primary residence, naming it Holyrood and modeling its rooms on
those of Holyrood Palace in
recognition of the spiritual connection she felt to Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. Lady Caithness was a theosophist who quietly
funded the Theosophical
Society and was instrumental in establishing theosophy in France, where she founded and later became President of the Société
Théosophique d'Orient et
d'Occident. Her Holyrood was the scene of many theosophical soirées.
Included in the album are three exterior views of the Renaissance style house, several views of the grand staircase and a
painted portrait of Lady
Caithness. Notable rooms depicted include the salle des fêtes, (sculpture, several tiers of paintings, decorative arts); the
salon vénetien; the
chapelle royale; the grand salon; the chambre de la duchesse (with several religious paintings); the salon du duc (featuring
porcelain); and the salon
des gardes (armor).
The album has red cloth covers with its title debossed in gilt on the front cover. French captions are printed on the mounts
below the photographs. The
architect's name is printed below the lower left corner of the photograph on 14 mounts: Chles. des Agnes, Arch. The photographer's
imprint appears on
the verso of the last photograph in the album: D. Freuler, Phot. / 195, rue de Vaugirard, 195 - Paris.
Sources consulted:
___, "Marie, Duchess de Pomár, Countess of Caithness,"
ipernity. http://www.ipernity.com/doc/302051/29856141
Henderson, Thomas Finlayson, "Sinclair, James (1821-1881),"
Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 52. London: Smith,
Elder & Co., 1897.
Johnson, K. Paul,
The Masters Revealed: Madame Blavatsky and the Myth of the Great White Lodge. SUNY Press, 1994.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographs, Original
Albumen prints -- France -- 19th century
Photograph albums -- France -- 19th century
Interior decoration -- France -- Paris
Furniture -- France -- Paris
Art objects -- France -- Paris
Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- France -- Paris
Dwellings -- France -- Paris
Paris (France) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Caithness, Marie Sinclair, Countess of, -1895
Agnes, Charles des
D. Freuler, Holyrood, 124, avenue de Wagram, Paris, Series 1.
circa 1870-1879
Holyrood, 124, avenue de Wagram, Paris. (digitized version)
Language of Material: English.
Arrangement
In original order.
box 1, page front endpapers
Front endpapers 90.R.72-fe
box 1, page front free endpaper
verso
Verso of front free endpaper 90.R.72-fe_v
box 1, page 1 recto
Lady Caithness, Duchesse de Pomár 90.R.72-1r
box 1, page 2 recto
Façade, avenue Wagram 90.R.72-2r
box 1, page 3 recto
Façade, rue Brémontier 90.R.72-3r
box 1, page 4 recto
Jardin Renaissance 90.R.72-4r
box 1, page 5 recto
Salle des gardes 90.R.72-5r
box 1, page 6 recto
Grand escalier 90.R.72-6r
box 1, page 7 recto
Palier du grand escalier 90.R.72-7r
box 1, page 8 recto
Salle des fêtes 90.R.72-8r
Scope and Contents
View looking towards entrance to room.
box 1, page 9 recto
Salle des fêtes 90.R.72-9r
Scope and Contents
Far end of the room.
box 1, page 10 recto
Salle des fêtes 90.R.72-10r
Scope and Contents
Corner to one side of entrance.
box 1, page 11 recto
Jardin d'hiver 90.R.72-11r
box 1, page 13 recto
Salon vénitien 90.R.72-13r
box 1, page 14 recto
Chapelle royale, sanctuaire de la reine 90.R.72-14r
box 1, page 15 recto
Salle à manger 90.R.72-15r
Scope and Contents
View with fireplace.
box 1, page 16 recto
Salle à manger 90.R.72-16r
Scope and Contents
View with stained glass windows.
box 1, page 17 recto
Chambre de la duchesse 90.R.72-17r
Scope and Contents
View with fireplace.
box 1, page 18 recto
Chambre de la duchesse 90.R.72-18r
Scope and Contents
View looking towards bed.
box 1, page 20 recto
Chambre du duc 90.R.72-20r
box 1, page 20 verso
[Photographer's Imprint] 90.R.72-20v
Scope and Contents
D. Freuler, Phot. / 195 rue de Vaugiard, 195 - Paris.
box 1, page back end papers
Back endpapers 90.R.72-be
