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Augusta Caroline Crofton

Augusta Caroline Crofton

19th century female Anglo-Irish amateur photographer

Augusta Caroline Crofton Dillon (16 October 1839 – 5 September 1928) was a prolific Anglo-Irish amateur photographer and flaneur in 19th and early 20th century Ireland.[1]

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The remains of Clonbrock House in 2018.

Over the course of her career she took over 5,000 photographs. A significant proportion of these photographs are now contained within the National Library of Ireland Clonbrock collection, a reference to her residence at Clonbrock House, Ahascragh, County Galway. The collection was primarily acquired by the library in 1977.[2][3][4]

She was born at the Crofton ancestral home of Mote Park House in County Roscommon, the daughter of Edward Crofton, 2nd Baron Crofton. She lived most of her life at Clonbrock House and Estate in County Galway. On 18 July 1866, she married Luke Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock and became Baroness Clonbrock on 4 December 1893.[5] Crofton had four children who were all actively involved in photograpy including Georgiana Caroline (born 1867), Robert Edward, 5th Baron Clonbrock (1869–1926), Edith Augusta (born 1878) and Ethel Louisa (born 1880).

Crofton was also involved in sponsoring and administering the collection of Sphagnum moss during World War I for use by injured soldiers as dressings.[6]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Talk: Photography, femininity and leisure: Augusta Crofton Dillon's photographic practice, 1865 to 1895". Photo Museum Ireland. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  2. [2]
    "Collection Items: Clonbrock Photographic Collection". catalogue.nli.ie. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  3. [3]
    "Exploring some of the earliest photographic images of Ireland". Irish Examiner. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  4. [4]
    "The Galway shawl through the Clonbrock lens - Irish Arts Review". www.irishartsreview.com. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  5. [5]
    "Augusta Caroline Dillon & Luke Gerald Dillon, ca. 1865 – costume cocktail". 13 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  6. [6]
    Maxwell, Nick (31 October 2018). "Sphagnum moss collection in Galway". History Ireland. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
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