The Woman in White

Publisher
Publication Date
1999
Designer
Book Genre
Photo Genre

Photograph

Clementina Maude in Fancy Dress ca. 1862 (large detail)

Notes

Lady Clementina Hawarden’s mirrored portrait of her daughter, Maude, serves appropriately for the cover of Wilkie Collins’ suspenseful novel. The photograph was made around the same time as the book’s initial publication, and the reflective doubling may be seen as a metaphor for the identity switch between characters Laura and Anne.

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