'Hypatia'
- Made:
- circa 1870
- maker:
- Julia Margaret Cameron
An albumen print cabinet card photographic portrait of the artist's model and watercolourist Marie Spartali (1843-1927) entitled 'Hypatia', copied in about 1870 from the original large format albumen print taken by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) in 1868. The cabinet card is cream, has a gold border and facsimile caption. Hypatia was an Alexandrian Neoplatonist philosopher renowned for her beauty, who was murdered by Christian zealots. She was also the subject of Charles Kingsley's (1819-1875) novel 'Hypatia'.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 1995-5035/6
- Materials:
- cardboard and paper (fibre product)
- type:
- albumen print and cabinet card
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford
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